A picture is making rounds on social media in which Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam is bowing down to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The viral picture has been tweeted by Suby Tweets which has gathered over 600 retweets so far.
This picture will break the hearts of the Bravehearts Tamilians who made the most protected guy in India too scared to drive.He had 2 fly on a chopper, break the wall of Madras IIT,when TN trended #gobackmodi .Then this happened. Tamilians & South Indians will be shocked #TNGovt pic.twitter.com/8xwJV0A6Sp
— Suby (@Subytweets) July 26, 2018
Dravidian bowing down to aryan?#gobackmodi #TNGovt pic.twitter.com/BFQcvwNlUG
— JOI (@just_one_indian) July 27, 2018
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FACT CHECK
When we look closely and used Google Reverse Image Search, it revealed that the viral picture is morphed and Panneerselvam did not down to PM Modi.
The above picture is the original picture when Panneerselvam met PM Modi in Delhi on October 12th, 2017.
Though O Panneerselvam bowed down, it was not in front of PM Modi. He bowed down to former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa.
The second picture is Panneerselvam’s original picture of bowing down:
The caption with the photo read: Finance Minister leader O Panneerselvam greets AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa at the swearing-in ceremony at Madras University Centenary Auditorium in Chennai on May 23, 2016. Â Photograph: R Senthil Kumar/PTI Photo.