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      2019 Pic Peddled As Buses Organised By Priyanka Gandhi Vadra For Migrants

      BOOM found that the viral image was taken in February 2019 during the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.

      By - Anmol Alphonso |
      Published -  19 May 2020 4:19 PM IST
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      2019 Pic Peddled As Buses Organised By Priyanka Gandhi Vadra For Migrants

      An old photo showing a fleet of buses along a winding road is being shared with the false claim that it shows buses at the Uttar Pradesh border arranged by Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to ferry stranded migrant workers home.

      The image is viral in the backdrop of a political tussle between the Yogi Adityanath led Uttar Pradesh government and the opposition Congress party. The UP government on May 18, 2020, accepted the proposal by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to run 1,000 buses for migrants stranded due to the lockdown after she tweeted an appeal following a spate of accidents involving migrant workers in the state. (Read more here)

      However, later the UP government accused the Congress leader of fraud alleging the list of buses had registration numbers belong to autos, two-wheelers and goods carriers.

      Hundreds of migrant workers are walking long distances on highways to reach their home states following the Coronavirus driven lockdown. In its fourth phase of lockdown, many states have eased restrictions on business and movement of vehicles. (Read more)

      The viral image was tweeted by Sushmita Dev, President, All India Mahila Congress, thanking Gandhi for taking the step.


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      Dev later deleted the tweet after several users pointed out that it was an old image.

      We also found that the photo was being shared on Facebook.


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      Twitter

      It's not a train
      1000 busses sent by Priyanka Gandhi to bring back migrant workers in Uthar Pradesh to Rajsthan pic.twitter.com/KuuRajUSsP

      — Abdul Rasheed (@AbdulRa62649742) May 18, 2020

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      Also Read: No, This Video Does Not Show Migrants Gathered At Uttar Pradesh Border

      FACT-CHECK

      The viral photo was also tweeted by NDTV India journalist Umashankar Singh while reporting that the Uttar Pradesh government has given permission to run the buses sent by the Congress. However, he later tweeted claiming that he had used it as a representational photo in the tweet and it was taken during the Kumbh Mela.

      ये एक सांकेतिक तस्वीर है। कांग्रेस ने 1000 बसें भेजी है। सड़क पर मज़दूरों के कुंभ को कम करने के लिए। इसलिए कुंभ से जुड़ी इस तस्वीर को शुभ चिन्ह के तौर पर लीजिए।

      गाली गलौज करने वाले तो किसी भी बात पर करते हैं। उनका लोड नहीं लेता। मज़दूरों के साथ जो खड़ा है, हम उनसे साथ खड़े हैं।

      — Umashankar Singh उमाशंकर सिंह (@umashankarsingh) May 18, 2020

      On performing a reverse image search using Yandex, a Russian search engine, the search results showed that the photo was taken in February 2019, during the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.

      The UP government's Prayagraj Mela Authority had made it to the Guinness World Record for the largest parade of buses when 500 buses with the Kumbh logo were used they covered a stretch of 3.2 km in the district.

      News agency Asian News International (ANI) Uttar Pradesh had tweeted photographs of the fleet of buses on February 28, 2019, when the UP state transport corporation had attempted to break the record which was previously held by the United Arab Emirates of running 390 buses in a parade.

      Prayagraj: Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) attempts Guinness Book of World Records for the longest fleet of 500 buses. The buses with the Kumbh logo will cover a stretch of 3.2 km in the district. #Kumbh2019 pic.twitter.com/zLpCJeeOsO

      — ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) February 28, 2019

      The second photograph tweeted by ANI is the same as the viral image which is now viral on social media. We also found several news reports carrying the same photo while reporting on the event.

      Also Read: Congress Tweets Dated Video Of Man Eating Leftovers From Railway Tracks


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      Kumbh MelaUttar PradeshBussesYogi AdityanathMigrant LabourersLockdown IndiaLockdownMigrant workersCOVID-19bjpIndian National CongressFake NewsFact CheckPriyanka Gandhi Vadra
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      Claim :   Photo shows buses arranged by Priyanka Gandhi for migrant workers in Uttar Pradesh
      Claimed By :  Social Media
      Fact Check :  False
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