A newspaper clipping showing former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, praying in a temple is doing the rounds on social media. The description in the clipping states that she is worshipping at the Kheer Bhawani temple in Ganderbal, Jammu.
Many users have shared the image claiming that it was taken after the abolition of Article 370. The facebook post reads: हे भगवान ..!! मोदी जी अब तो आंखों में से आंसू आ जाते है ऐसी तस्वीरें देखकर । ये आपने क्या से क्या कर दिया ?? 370 क्या खत्म हुआ , इनकी तो दुनिया ही बदल गई । ॐ नमः शिवाय (English translation: Oh God! Modi ji, tears are flowing from my eyes after seeing such pictures. What have you done? With the end of 370, their world has changed. Om Namah Shivay)
The post can be seen here.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the viral image, and found it to be misleading.
Running a Reverse Image Search of the viral picture, we spotted an article on the website of Hindi newspaper, Amar Ujala, dated June 13, 2016, with a title: कश्मीर पंडितों की धार्मिक यात्रा पर पथराव के बाद पूजा करने मंदिर पहुंची महबूबा मुफ्ती The first image of the news report matches exactly with the viral image.
Amar Ujala has given the picture credits to the Indian news agency PTI. The image in the photo archives of the agency carries a caption: ‘Ganderbal: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti offers prayers at the Kheer Bhawani temple on the occasion of annual Mela in Ganderbal District in Srinagar on Sunday. PTI Photo by S Irfan (PTI6_12_2016_000083B)’. This confirms that the picture is from 2016.
Conducting a Google Keyword Search to know more details about the abrogation of Article 370 in the country, we found an article published in Dainik Jagran informing that Article 370 was abolished on August 5, 2019, by the Modi government. It proves that the viral image was shot way before the abrogation of Article 370.
Therefore, we can conclusively say that the viral picture showing Mehbooba Mufti worshipping in a temple has nothing to do with the abrogation of Article 370.
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