CLAIM
A picture of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra wearing a cross is going viral on Facebook.
One of the captions, written in Hindi, reads, “There is a cross in place of mangal sutra in the neck of janaudhari dattatreya Brahmin’s ( Rahul Gandhi) janaudhari sister, and she (Priyanka) claims to be the daughter of Ganga”. The post also calls the Gandhi family “number one fake family”.
The picture is posted by a Facebook page, “Modi Government”, and has been shared multiple times on various social media platforms since then .
Multiple people have shared this photo on Facebook with the same narrative.
TRUE OR FALSE?
On conducting a reverse image search, The Quint found that the picture was captured at a rally held to support party candidates during the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections at Raebareli on 17 February 2017.
The image was captured by Sanjay Kanojia for Getty Images .
The image of a cross has been morphed on the pendant Gandhi Vadra was wearing at the rally.
It is, therefore, a fake post, with a doctored and old photo being used to push a communal narrative.
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