Wayanad Polls: Edited Image of Priyanka Gandhi Wearing a Cross Viral as Real

This image of Priyanka Gandhi wearing a crucifix necklace is edited.

Fact-check: An edited image of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra wearing a crucifix in Kerala is going viral online.

(Photo: Altered by The Quint)

A picture showing Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is going viral on social media to claim that she was wearing a crucifix (a model of the Christian cross) during her Kerala visit.

The claim compares it with another picture where she can be seen wearing a rudraksha necklace during her Kashi visit.

This comes amid the Wayanad bypolls where Gandhi is making her electoral debut.

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What's the truth?: This image of Gandhi wearing a crucifix necklace is edited to add the cross.

• The image is actually from Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh and dates back to 2017.

How did we find out the truth?: We performed a reverse image search on the viral image on Google and this led us to a report shared by NDTV on 17 February 2017.

• The report carried the original image where Gandhi can be seen in the same attire but her necklace had an ivory-like pendant and not a cross.

• The caption stated that it shows Gandhi in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh.

Here is a comparison between the two.

(Source: Altered by The Quint)

• We also found several other images of Gandhi from the same event on Getty Images and none of them showed her wearing a crucifix.

• Additionally, when we performed a reverse image search on Gandhi's picture wearing rudraksha, it led us to images shared on Alamy.

• They showed the same attire, and the caption stated that the image shows Gandhi in Varanasi on 20 March 2019.

This image is from Varanasi.

(Source: Alamy/Screenshot)

Conclusion: An edited image of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra wearing a crucifix in Kerala is going viral online.

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