Anti-Modi poster of Hyderabad passed off as one erected during US visit; Fact Check

Posted by: Arun Nag June 22, 2023

As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on an official visit to the United States, several social media users shared images claiming to show “anti-Modi posters” in the US with the hashtag “#ModiNotWelcome” among others.

One poster inspired from popular series Money Heist with text “Mr. N Modi, we only rob bank, you rob the whole nation” written on it is being shared on social media platforms in context of the Prime Minister’s visit to the US. The post said, “Posters in USA,loud and clear message from money heist Mr modi we only rob bank you rob the whole nation (sic)”. It was shared widely on Twitter, including one by Aurangabad Congress Sevadal.

These posts can be seen here and here.

FACT CHECK

When we searched “Money Heist Posters on PM Modi”, Google search threw up results from several old news reports in July 2022 with Hyderabad dateline. The posters were erected in Hyderabad ahead of BJP’s national executive that was held in July 2022 there. The same was reported by Telangana Today, dated July 1, 2022, titled “Hyderabad: ‘Money Heist’ hoarding at LB Nagar calls PM Modi ‘nation robber.’”

These posters were shared on Twitter by several people from Hyderabad as seen below: It was also reported by the local news outfit The News Minute on July 2, 2022.

However, the same old image from Hyderabad has been falsely shared now with a claim to show anti-Modi posters being erected in the US during the Prime Minister’s visit on June 21 and 22.

Claim: Anti-Modi posters erected in the US during PM’s visit
Conclusion: False, old posters erected in Hyderabad in 2022 used in this claim.
Rating: Misrepresentation —

About Arun Nag

Arun is with Digiteye India since the beginning as the main source for re-writing copies and re-checking the facts and images. He writes on general and tech issues. He can be reached at arunnag@digiteye.in

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