CLAIM Surat-based diamond trader Mahesh Savani, who recently
joined Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), posted a photo of power lines supported by a tree instead of electricity poles to claim that it is from
Gujarat
.
Attacking ‘Gujarat model’, he said, “Even after two months of cyclone, as the state administration has made no arrangements for the electricity, locals have become self-reliant and have arranged makeshift poles. This is the Gujarat model and digital India.”
The Facbook post now stands deleted.
TRUTHThe photo is from
Pakistan.
VERIFICATION AND METHODOLOGYA tweet from an alert Twitter user
Nandita Thakur
mentioned that the photo was from
Sindh
, Pakistan.
Taking a cue from this and using reverse-image search, we found that several Pakistani news sites and social media accounts posted the image earlier this month mocking their nation’s infrastructure and state of affairs.
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Although, we couldn’t independently verify if Savani is indeed AAP’s Gujarat CM candidate as claimed by Nandita as there are no credible reports about it. Nevertheless, the image he posted is from Pakistan and not Gujarat.
VERDICTTimes Fact Check has found that AAP leader Mahesh Savani passed off an image from Pakistan as that of Gujarat.