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      Here Is The Truth About Tajinder Bagga's Image Used By 'Aaj Tak'

      The image shared by Aaj Tak after Bagga's arrest by Punjab Police showed him wearing T-shirt branding PM Modi a 'thief'.

      By - AFP | 23 May 2022 3:33 AM GMT
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    • Here Is The Truth About Tajinder Baggas Image Used By Aaj Tak
      A video viewed more than 250,000 times on Facebook appears to show BJP's Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga wearing a T-shirt branding Prime Minister Narendra Modi a "thief". However, the image is doctored. Bagga was in fact wearing a T-shirt with a slogan that praised Modi.

      "Aajtak has been flashing this photo of Bagga. Look carefully what his Yellow t-shirt says, 'Mera PM Chor Hai'," reads a Facebook post from May 6.

      The video, viewed more than 250,000 times, shows a broadcast from Hindi-language news channel Aaj Tak in which Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga, a spokesman for the ruling Bharataya Janata Party (BJP), appears to wear a yellow T-shirt with the slogan "Mera PM Chor Hai".

      "Mera PM Chor Hai" means "My PM Is a Thief" in Hindi.

      'Thief' is a common slur against Modi from critics who accuse him of corruption.

      Branded the BJP's "controversial social media posterboy", Bagga has gained notoriety for attacks on opposition politicians online and offline. He was arrested on May 6 over accusations he made death threats to two leaders from the left-leaning Aam Aadmi Party.

      Screenshot of the misleading post, taken on May 15, 2022

      Aaj Tak broadcast the picture apparently showing Bagga wearing the controversial T-shirt in a report on his arrest on May 6.

      Snippets and screenshots from the report quickly spread on Facebook and Twitter, where many people appeared to believe it showed a genuine photo.

      "Oh God, the truth came out," one comment read, in an apparently ironic reference to Modi being called a 'thief'.

      "It's not too late for Bagga to realise who the real thief is," another joked.

      However, the photo has been doctored.

      Keyword searches found the original photo posted on Bagga's Twitter and Facebook accounts on April 30, 2018.

      In the original photo, the slogan on the T-shirt reads: "My PM Works Until AM."


      #NewProfilePic Courtesy : https://t.co/HUj0TWkGvL pic.twitter.com/ukMgxkw4GO

      — Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga (@TajinderBagga) April 30, 2018


      Modi is said to work 20 hours a day.

      In the posts, Bagga said the T-shirt was from T-Shirt Bhaiya, a business venture he launched in 2017 selling pro-Modi and pro-BJP T-shirts.

      A keyword search on the website found the T-shirt in the photo.

      Bagga's T-shirt on the T-Shirt Bhaiya website

      Bagga debunked the doctored photo in a Facebook post in 2018, when it circulated previously.

      At the time, Aaj Tak -- which went on to broadcast the doctored photo in its May 2022 report -- published a fact-check showing the photo was fake.

      Contacted by AFP, a representative for Aaj Tak's English-language counterpart India Today said the doctored image was used in error in the May 2022 report.

      Balakrishna, senior editor of the fact-checking department of India Today, said that it appeared the channel "picked up a random image of Bagga without looking carefully into what's written on it".

      (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by BOOM staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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      Claim :   Tajinder Singh Bagga wore a T-shirt with slogan 'mera PM chor hai' written on it.
      Claimed By :  Posts on social media
      Fact Check :  False
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