Twitter Left Scratching Its Head After Lalu’s Fishy Photo of Rally
Lalu had posted an allegedly fake photo of his anti-BJP rally on Twitter, showing a massive turnout.
The turnout at Lalu Prasad Yadav’s ‘BJP Bhagao, Desh Bachao’ rally in Patna on Sunday may not have been as massive as it appeared in an allegedly altered image posted by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo via his verified Twitter handle.
Lalu made grand claims on Twitter, putting forth a challenge to “Come & Count as much as u can in Gandhi Maidan, Patna” [sic].
No "Face" will stand in front of Lalu's "Base". Come & Count as much as u can in Gandhi Maidan, Patna #DeshBachao pic.twitter.com/sXoAcpwNKw
— Lalu Prasad Yadav (@laluprasadrjd) August 27, 2017
About an hour later, ANI posted images allegedly from the Opposition rally in Patna, claiming that the “crowd sizes” were “different” than in the photograph posted by Lalu and the ones shared by the news agency.
RJD's Patna rally: Picture taken from same point where Lalu Prasad Yadav's purported picture was taken; crowd sizes are different. pic.twitter.com/3QuEsBlQua
— ANI (@ANI) August 27, 2017
Twitter users were quick to call out the discrepancies in the tweeted photo.
This is just bad photoshop. #DeshBachao pic.twitter.com/TYqbXjDY6C
— Karnika Kohli (@KarnikaKohli) August 27, 2017
यहाठà¤à¥ à¤à¥à¤à¤¾à¤²à¤¾ à¤à¤° दिया फà¥à¤à¥à¤¶à¥à¤ª सॠpic.twitter.com/ieUUD9nW5l
— Naresh Jha (@NareshJha3138) August 27, 2017
Are baba g, photo shop wala Nahi hai re. Tera wala morning wala hai re. Ye wala current wala hai re bawa g
— Rakesh 9595 (@R9911569595) August 27, 2017
Some users pointed out the tell-tale missing trees in the supposedly altered image:
@laluprasadrjd @tehseenp !
— Piyush Singh ð®ð³ (@singhpiyush_) August 27, 2017
Use this image,i have photoshopped it much better then wht laloo ji is havingð#Biharpolitcs pic.twitter.com/CJFAmejrkS
Lolwa ka photo ghotala ððð
— Himanshu shekhar (@Himanshu2201) August 27, 2017
Of course, there was no shortage of instant memes and jokes.
#DeshBachao
— Rahul Thakkar ðð (@DegreeWaleBabu) August 27, 2017
ghatiya #photoshop se ð
I support #BahubaliTejashwi
Trust me, I am a Liar ð pic.twitter.com/SKod9EkKLb
Ye tasweer asli hai dekhiye pic.twitter.com/nP9UfjkhtU
— Ashutosh Kumar (@ashu_k7) August 27, 2017
That's correct pic, Just now Nasa Spacecraft clicked the pic, Even aliens are coming to see how a 9th pass is making fool to Bihar public pic.twitter.com/FAJigqBGXt
— kumarpratik (@kumarpratik) August 27, 2017
this is real & accurate depiction of people at Maha Rally and by now people will be pouring from skies above, after all it's #DeshBachao;
— thorian (@thorianvc) August 27, 2017
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Users were torn between congratulating RJD’s IT team for a job well done, and telling Lalu to hire a better photoshopper.
ठà¤à¤¾, à¤à¤à¤¬ à¤à¤¡à¤¿à¤à¤¿à¤à¤ à¤à¤¿à¤¯à¥ हà¥à¤à¥¤
— Dr. Amrita Bhushan (@AMRITABHUSAN) August 27, 2017
धतà¥à¤¤ तà¥à¤°à¥ à¤à¥!
Super editing team, RJD IT team worked hard.. pic.twitter.com/qWvPodx8ka
You should hire a good photoshop editor . ð¤£ð¤£
— Amit Bajpai (@BeingAmitBajpai) August 27, 2017
Kam se kam photoshop to kisi padhe likhe se karwalete Lalu ji, aapke aas pass sab aapke Beto jaise hi anpadh hai kya pic.twitter.com/vJA8glBWsd
— Singh is King (@seeker127) August 27, 2017
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