Video of Manmohan Singh & Sonia Gandhi exchanging chairs goes viral with false claim
NewsMeter found that both leaders were mistakenly sitting on each other’s chairs during a UPA meeting at the PM’s residence.
By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 15 April 2023 10:31 AM GMT
(Source: Facebook)
A video showing former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh vacating the chair for former Congress president and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi is doing the rounds on social media.
Those sharing the video claim that this is how the Prime Minister was humiliated during the UPA regime.
(Source: Facebook)
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Fact Check
NewsMeter found that both leaders were mistakenly sitting on each other’s chairs during a UPA meeting at the PM’s residence. After the SPG intervention, they sat in their assigned chairs.
On performing a reverse image search, we found a video report by India TV from 14 December 2011. It said during a UPA meeting at the PM’s residence, then-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sat on the chair assigned to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and the latter sat on the chair assigned to the PM.
After the SPG officials noticed the mistake, they first requested Sonia Gandhi to vacate the PM’s chair and asked Manmohan Singh to shift to his chair.
From this, we conclude that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi who were under SPG security had inadvertently swapped their chairs. Hence, the claim is false.
