“The Congress party has adopted the symbol of Islam as its election symbol”
What FACTLY found
The Congress party didn’t originally have the ‘Hand’ as its election symbol. It used the ‘Pair of Oxen Carrying a Yoke’ symbol from 1951 to 1969, ‘Cow-calf’ from 1971 to 1977, and ‘Hand’ (an open palm) from 1980 onwards. However, Indira Gandhi was informed about the Emur Bhagwati (Hemambika) statue in Palakkad, Kerala, by her friend Soundara Kailasam. This temple featured an idol with the deity’s hands offering blessings to the devotees rather than a traditional idol. It is believed that this...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 5 November 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 7 November 2023, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/pvmanohar27/posts/pfbid0MTbj4kyqbaiYKyebwAs1JbX6rRXKkMUS2WFGiD6W…
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