| These pictures are from April 2023 when Nitish Kumar along with RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav met Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi.
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What is the claim?
Amidst the exercise to form a government at the center, pictures of Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal United (JDU) chief Nitish Kumar meeting Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, party president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav are going viral on social media. Through these pictures, it is being claimed that Nitish Kumar has reached Delhi and met the leaders of the India Alliance.
of 2024 Lok Sabha Election Results After the arrival of the ruling party, a series of meetings is going on between the political parties regarding the formation of the new government in the country. 272 figures are required to form the government. The NDA alliance has around 292 seats in its account and the opposition All India Alliance has got 234 seats. The NDA can form the government only if alliance partners like JDU and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) continue to support it.
There is also speculation that the India alliance will be formed with JDU and TDP. Contact is trying to do so. Currently both the parties are in the role of kingmakers. JDU has won 12 and TDP has won 16 Lok Sabha seats.
A user on X (formerly Twitter) shared a set of two images with the caption, “Nitish Kumar Babu reached Delhi and met respected high profile leaders of India Alliance and talks are going on with Chandra Babu Naidu ji and the top leadership of India Alliance. Jan Nayak Shri Rahul Gandhi ji had said that write it down that Modi will not become Prime Minister in 2024.” Archived version of the post Here See other posts Here And Here See.
Screenshots of viral posts. (Source: X/Screenshot)
A video of Nitish Kumar’s welcome is also being shared, in which it is claimed that he has reached the Congress office. Archived version of the post Here See other posts Here And Here See.
However, the viral photos are not recent but from April 2023, when Nitish Kumar was running a Mahagathbandhan government with RJD in Bihar and met Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi along with Tejashwi Yadav in Delhi to discuss the strategy to form an anti-BJP alliance before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The viral video is also of the same meeting.
How did we find out the truth?
first picture
When we did a reverse image search of the photo of Nitish Kumar shaking hands with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, we found this picture published on April 13, 2023. The New Indian Express This was found in a report by . The credit for the picture in the report has been given to PTI.
Screenshot of The New Indian Express report. (Source: The New Indian Express/Screenshot)
The report said that Bihar Chief Minister and JDU leader Nitish Kumar, along with RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, met Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi to discuss the strategy to form an anti-BJP front before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
The same photo was published on April 13, 2023 Hindustan Times And india today is also present in the report.
It is worth noting that Nitish Kumar was a major part of the India Alliance. He was also being called the ‘architect’ of this alliance. However, Nitish Kumar January 2024 He changed sides and joined the BJP-led NDA.
Second picture
Published on April 13, 2023 Indian Express And Live Mint This photo of Nitish Kumar posing with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and then JDU president Rajiv Ranjan Singh was found in several media reports.
This picture is of the same meeting in which the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections Before this, there was discussion about forming a strong opposition alliance against BJP.
This photo was posted by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on April 12, 2023 X Account id=’action_msg_1373’> Here) was shared on . Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge also shared pictures of this meeting X I had shared it on .
Screenshot of Rahul Gandhi’s X-post. (Source: X/Screenshot)
Video
The video of Nitish Kumar being welcomed by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi is also from the same meeting. We got this video from Navbharat Times Youtube channel id=’action_msg_1373’> Here) uploaded on April 12, 2023. In this video too, Nitish Kumar is seen posing for a photo along with Kharge, Rahul, Tejashwi and Rajiv Ranjan.
Nitish Kumar attended the NDA meeting on June 5, 2024. In this meeting Proposal passed the tax Narendra Modi was elected leader of the constituent parties.
Decision
Our investigation so far has made it clear that the viral photos are from 2023 and have no connection with any current political developments.
(Note: This report has been updated to fact-check a video of the same meeting, which is currently going viral.)
Disclaimer: This report was first logicallyfacts.com It was published on . This story has been republished in ABP Live Hindi with special arrangement. ABP Live Hindi has not made any changes in the report except the headline.