According to Global Hunger Index 2022, India slipped to 107th rank out of 121 countries. In 2021, India was ranked 101st.
In this backdrop, a photograph of Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP leader Sambit Patra, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh having food is being shared on social media with a claim that it was clicked after Global Hunger Index report was out.
The image is being shared on Facebook with the caption, “देश भूखमरी के इंडेक्स में 107 वे स्थान पर है। इसी खुशी में हमारे गृह मंत्री जी 107 तरह के भोजन के स्वाद का आनंद लेते हुए। अपना काम बनता, भाड़ में जाए जनता”
(English translation: The country ranks 107th in the index of hunger. In this happiness our Home Minister Ji enjoying the taste of 107 types of food. do your job, go to hell public)
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above claim and found it to be MISLEADING.
Doing a simple Reverse Image Search, we were directed to a report by Economic Times published on March 1, 2022, which carried glimpses of the same viral image. The description reads, “Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah, along with Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh, and Assam Chief Minister Hemant Biswa Sarma had lunch at the residence of Bharatiya Janata Party Candidate Shyam Singh in Thoubal on March 01. They enjoyed traditional north-east Indian thali together.”
On March 1, 2022, Sambit Patra also tweeted the same image with the text, “Delicious lunch at the residence of BJP Candidate Shri Th. Radhyashyam Singh Ji along with the Hon’ble Home Minister Shri @AmitShah Ji, CM Shri @NBirenSingh Ji, CM of Assam Shri @himantabiswa Ji, Minister of Assam Shri @TheAshokSinghal Ji and Shri @BiswajitThongam Ji.”
Delicious lunch at the residence of BJP Candidate Shri Th. Radhyashyam Singh Ji along with the Hon’ble Home Minister Shri @AmitShah Ji, CM Shri @NBirenSingh Ji, CM of Assam Shri @himantabiswa Ji, Minister of Assam Shri @TheAshokSinghal Ji and Shri @BiswajitThongam Ji. pic.twitter.com/LFYpllx1Me
— Sambit Patra (@sambitswaraj) March 1, 2022
Thus, it is evident that an old image of BJP leaders having lunch is being falsely linked to the release of the recent Global Hunger Index.
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