Congress shares morphed image of PM Modi reading ‘101 Ways To Save Adani’
The original photo shows Mr. Modi reading a book titled “Getting India Back on Track: An Action Agenda for Reform.”
By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 28 March 2023 11:54 AM GMT
An image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi reading a book titled “101 Ways to Save Adani” is going viral on social media. The official Facebook page of the Congress party shared the image and wrote, “Always keeping the cheat code handy…”
(Screengrab source: Facebook)
The image was also shared by the verified Twitter handle of Telangana Pradesh Congress Sevadal and Bihar Congress.
Several Facebook users also shared the image. (Click here and here to view the posts.)
Fact Check
NewsMeter found that the original photo shows Mr. Modi reading a book titled “Getting India Back on Track: An Action Agenda for Reform.”
On performing a reverse image search, we found the original image in a 2014 article published on the website of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. It said two weeks after becoming India’s Prime Minster, Mr. Modi launched the book “Getting India Back on Track: An Action Agenda for Reform” at the 7 Race Course road.
(Screengrab source: Carnegie Endowment)
We also found the original photo in a 2014 article in The Wire titled “Carnegie Endowment in India: Promoting US Leadership With Indian Corporate Wealth.” It said the book was published by Carnegie Endowment.
The book, according to its blurb, “broadly coincides with the 2014 Indian elections to spur a public debate about the program that the next government should pursue in order to return the country to a path of high growth.”
Here is the comparison of the original and the morphed images.
Hence, we conclude that the viral image is morphed and misleading.
