Amid the ongoing political crisis in Maharashtra, a picture is being shared on social media with a claim, showing Balasaheb Thackeray giving blessings to rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde.
The image is bring shared with the claim: “In an old photo, Balasaheb Thackeray giving blessings with tilak to Eknath Shinde.”
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the post, and found it to be false.
We put the picture through a Reverse Image Search and found the same image in a report by Lokmat, dated May 15, 2022. As per the caption of the image, the picture is of Balasaheb Thackeray and Anand Dighe.
The Marathi caption (in English translation) says: “Balasaheb’s only question to Anand Dighe unlisted final; Uddhav Thackeray recalls.”
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