Old anti-Modi poster from Hyderabad falsely linked to PM’s USA visit
The poster was put up in 2022 in Hyderabad, ahead of BJP’s national executive meeting
By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 22 Jun 2023 4:30 AM GMT
Screengrab of the post tweeted by @Team_Herox1
An Anti-Modi poster is going viral on social media. Users claim that the poster was put up in the United States.
The poster shows pictures of the masked characters from Money Heist, the Netflix series depicting the saga of eight thieves and a criminal mastermind, and features text that reads, “Mr. N Modi, we only rob banks, you rob the whole nation.”
Social Media users shared the poster with the caption, “Posters in the USA, the loud and clear message from money heist Mr. Modi we only rob a bank you rob the whole nation.”
(Source: Twitter/@Team_Herox1)
Fact Check
NewsMeter found that the poster was put up in 2022 in Hyderabad, ahead of BJP’s national executive meeting.
On performing a reverse image search, we found it in a report by The Telegraph from July 3, 2022. It said that the poster was tweeted by the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader Satish Reddy.
It also mentioned that Reddy told the newspaper that he had spotted the poster at the busy L.B. Nagar circle.
(Source: The Telegraph)
Taking a cue from this, we checked the Twitter account of Reddy and found the same poster tweeted on July 1, 2022.
A Siasat Daily report of July 1, 2022, also carried the poster in a report titled “Hyderabad: ‘Money Heist’ poster calls PM Modi a ‘nation robber’.”
It also mentioned that the poster was put up at LB Nagar circles ahead of Bharatiya Janata Party’s national executive meeting, which was held on July 2-3, 2022.
Hence, we conclude old anti-Modi poster is being falsely linked to the ongoing of PM Modi to the United States.
