A picture of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has gone viral on social media. The image is being shared with a caption claiming that Bihar CM has placed a statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in his office.
The image is being shared with a caption that reads, “बिहार के मुख्यमंत्री ने अपने कुर्सी पर बैठाया सरदार पटेल की अद्भुत प्रतिमा और बोले बगल की कुर्सी पर बैठकर निभाऊंगा मुख्यमंत्री का कर्तव्य #NitishKumar नई सोंच से पुराने आदर्शो का निर्वाहन करते हुए….. भारतबर्ष में पहला मुख्यमंत्री.”
(English translation: “The Chief Minister of Bihar placed a wonderful statue of Sardar Patel on his chair and said sitting on the next chair, I will fulfil the duty of the Chief Minister, with a new perspective and old ideals….. the first Chief Minister in India.”)
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FACT CHECK
NewsMobile did a fact check and found the claim to be Misleading.
On doing a Google Reverse Image Search, we found the same image was uploaded by a website, Prorkela, on October 31, 2019.
The article associated with the image read, “Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi during their visit to Shri Krishna Science Centre at the inauguration of a photo exhibition on Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel organised on the 144th birth anniversary of the ‘Iron Man of India’, in Patna on Oct 31, 2019.”
The image was also uploaded by India Content with a caption that read, “Patna Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi during their visit to Shri Krishna Science Centre at the inauguration of a photo exhibition on Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel organised on the 144th birth anniversary of the ‘Iron Man of India’ in Patna on Oct 31 2019. Photo IANS.”
Hence, we can ascertain that the viral claim is misleading.
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