BJP shares photo of Mumbai flyover to show modern infrastructure of Gujarat
Twitter handles associated with the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and its leaders have shared an election campaign graphic showing towers and a multilane flyover with the claim that it shows the development of modern infrastructure in Gujarat.
By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 1 Dec 2022 10:06 AM GMT
Hyderabad: Twitter handles associated with the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and its leaders have shared an election campaign graphic showing towers and a multilane flyover with the claim that it shows the development of modern infrastructure in Gujarat.
The claim comes as Gujarat is voting for 182 Assembly seats in two phases on 1 and 5 December.
The official Twitter handle of Gujarat BJP shared the photo and wrote, "Bharatiya Janata Party's resolution for state-of-the-art modern infrastructure…" (Translated) (Archive)
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BJP leaders Dinesh Anavadia (MP), Vinod Chavda (MP), P.M Jadeja (MLA), and others also shared the photo with the same claim.
Fact Check
NewsMeter performed a reverse image search of the photo using Google Lens and found it on the stock image website Alamy. It was captioned "Santacruz Chembur link road flyover, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Asia."
We also found the photo on the stock image website Shutterstock. According to the description, the photo shows the aerial panoramic view of the four-lane elevated Santacruz Chembur link road flyover at Tilak Nagar in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
For more clarity, we have highlighted the similarities in the collage below:
It is evident that the photo is from Mumbai. Hence, the claim that the photo shows the development of modern infrastructure in Gujarat is false.
