BJP Leaders Share Photo From Mumbai as Infrastructural Development in Gujarat
The structure in the graphic shared by accounts associated with BJP Gujarat shows a flyover in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
The photo shows the Santacruz-Chembur Link Road in Tilak Nagar in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
(Source: Twitter/Altered by The Quint)
A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) campaign graphic in Gujarati, showing a multilane flyover, is being shared on social media with a claim that it shows the state of infrastructural development in Gujarat.
Who is sharing the graphic?: Several verified accounts associated with the BJP in Gujarat shared it, which include:
The verified Twitter account of BJP Gujarat
Member of Parliament (MP) Dinesh Anavadiya
MP Vinod Chavda
BJP Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Kutch PM Jadeja, among others.
The claim comes days before the state goes to polls on 1 and 5 December.
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What is the truth?: The flyover in the graphic is the Santacruz-Chembur Link Road located in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
How did we find out?: Using Google Lens, we cropped the image from the graphic and ran a reverse image search on it.
This led us to a photograph on stock image website Shutterstock, which mentioned that it showed a photo of the Santacruz-Chembur Link Road in Mumbai, Maharashtra on 2 November 2014.
The website places the photo in Tilak Nagar in Maharashtra's Mumbai.
On comparing this photo to the one in the graphic, we saw a few similarities, such as the buildings, the design of the supporting pillars, and a blue and white structure on the right.
Both photos have multiple similarities.
More visuals of the road in Mumbai: We found the same photograph on stock image website Alamy as well, which also mentioned the location as Mumbai, Maharashtra.
On Shutterstock, we found a similar photo as the one from the claim, along with one showing the support pillars of the flyover.
The pattern of these pillars matches the ones seen under the flyover in the graphic.
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The support pillars have blue and white patterns on them.
The pattern on pillars in both images match.
The Quint has contacted the photographer and will update the article if and when we receive a response.
Conclusion: The flyover in the graphic shared by verified social media accounts associated with BJP Gujarat shows the Santacruz-Chembur Link Road in Maharashtra's Mumbai.
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