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<\/div>\nThe visuals are misleading as the video was cropped.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Visuals of Prime Minister Narendra Modi accepting upside-down artwork depicting Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore are being widely shared on social media.<\/p>\n
The claim: The visuals are being shared to take a dig at PM Modi, who was campaigning for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal.<\/p>\n
Who shared it?: All India Trinamool Congress’ (TMC) official X (formerly Twitter) account shared a video of the incident.<\/a> The party’s MP Sagarika Ghose, too, shared a photo<\/a> of the prime minister holding the artwork upside down.<\/p>\n (Archives of more claims on social media can be seen here<\/a> and here<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n Is it true? No, the visuals are misleading as the video was cropped.<\/p>\n In the full video, people around PM Modi realise the error and rectify it promptly. The screenshot takes the incident out of context.<\/p>\n How did we find out the truth? We went to PM Modi’s verified YouTube channel <\/a>to look for visuals of his recent rallies in West Bengal.<\/p>\n This led us to a video<\/a> of his campaign speech in West Bengal’s Barrackpore, streamed live on 13 May.<\/p>\n At the 2:45-minute mark in this video, the prime minister can be seen standing up to receive the artwork.<\/p>\n When he is first handed Tagore’s portrait, it is upside-down, as claimed.<\/p>\n However, other people sharing the stage with PM Modi quickly rectify the error, and turn the portrait the right side up.<\/p>\n Conclusion:<\/strong> A clipped video and an out-of-context screenshot of PM Modi holding art depicting Rabindranath Tagore upside-down is being shared on social media to take a dig at the leader.<\/p>\n (This story was originally published by The Quint<\/a>, and republished by NDTV as part of the Shakti Collective.)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n