FACT CHECK: RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav stood on tricolor podium, not Nitish Kumar or PM Modi

CLAIM
Images of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, PM Modi and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, all standing on a tricolour podium are being shared on social media. The images are being used to insinuate that all the leaders insulted Indian tricolour, accusing them of treachery.
Narendra Modi

Eminent speaker and author Shubhrastha was among those who shared the photo of Tejashwi standing on a stage having colours of Indian flag.


Nitish Kumar

TRUTH
Only the photo of Tejashwi on the tricolour podium is authentic. The images of CM Nitish and PM Modi on Indian tricolour are a digitally-altered version of Tejashwi’s photo.
VERIFICATION AND METHODOLOGY
Using reverse-image search, we found a video posted by ZEE5 on October 26, 2020. Titled ‘Bihar Elections 2020: RJD's Tejaswi Yadav Addresses Public On Platform Painted In Tricolour’, the over one-minute-long video had Yadav jumping on to a tricolour podium to wave and greet the crowd at his rally.
As per the description given to the video reads, Yadav wanted to be seen and appear taller than others present in the rally. To ensure that he jumped on to the tricolor podium and started addressing the crowd from there. It can be watched here.
The original image of Yadav standing on tricolour podium was posted by the official account of Rashtriya Lok Samta Party on October 22, 2020.

Looking at the images of Modi and Nitish, it becomes obvious that both of them are digitally-doctored versions of the same photo of Tejashwi.
VERDICT
Times Fact Check has found that the images of PM Modi and CM Nitish standing on Indian tricolour podium are digitally-manufactured.