Fact Check: Sheikh Hasina Has Not Converted To Hinduism In India, Viral Image Is Edited
ABP NewsThe Verdict The image is altered; the original, from September 2022, shows a priest applying a tilak on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at Kerala’s Sivagiri Mutt. His teachings will always inspire the humankind.#BharatJodoYatra 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/3XbPyGobs0 — Congress September 14, 2022 Several news outlets, including The Times of India, reported that Gandhi visited Sivagiri Mutt on September 14, 2022, to pay homage to Sree Narayana Guru, a spiritual leader, and social reformer, before resuming the eighth day of the Congress party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra from Navayikkulam in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram. The verdict Social media users have shared a digitally altered image to falsely claim that former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was applying a tilak in India. The original photo shows Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during his visit to a religious site in Kerala, with Hasina’s image digitally inserted.