An old picture is going viral on social media. The picture features Former Prime ministers Rajiv Gandhi and PV Narasimha Rao. Both Prime ministers along with young Rahul Gandhi were seen offering prayers at a funeral.
The caption accompanying the picture claims that it was taken at the funeral of Indira Gandhi and that both Rajiv and Rahul Gandhi are offering ‘kalma’. “बड़ी मुश्किल से यह फोटो मिली है । इन्दिरा की लाश के सामने राहुल और राजीव गांधी कलमा पढ रहे हैं फिर भी हमारे देश के लोगों को लगता है कि ये लोग हिंदु हैं।”
(Translation – This photo was found with great difficulty. Rahul and Rajiv Gandhi are reciting Kalma in front of Indira’s dead body, yet the people of our country think that these people are Hindus.)
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the post and found the claim to be false.
In the post, Rahul Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi can be seen offering prayers in front of the coffin. Whereas, Indira Gandhi was cremated. Here’s a picture from her final rites.
As far as the viral picture is concerned, on a Google reverse search, we found out that the picture was taken at the funeral of a political leader, Abdul Ghaffar Khan.
Rajeev Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Narsihma Rao at Bacha Khan’s funeral
Pic from #BachakhanAwKhudaiKhidmatgari vol 2 pic.twitter.com/rUxOXyaJXS— Mohsin Dawar (@mjdawar) January 26, 2016
On further research, we also found archival media reports supporting the fact that Rajiv Gandhi stopped at Peshawar to pay his final respects to Ghaffar Khan in January 1988.
This proves that though the picture is correct, the claim accompanying it is false.
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