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Bahujan Samaj flag edited replacing the BJP flag and rumoured to be hoisted in Hosur!

Claim

In a remote village Osur in Tamil Nadu. Best picture of this week. Not only cadre based BJP. It is Ladder based Party. No Dynast तमिलनाडु के एक सुदूर गांव ओसुर में। इस हफ्ते की सबसे अच्छी तस्वीर. தமிழ்நாட்டின் ஒசூர் கிராமத்தில். இந்த வாரத்தின் சிறந்த படம்.


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Explanation

BJP supporter Rajagopalan has posted a photo on Twitter of some people climbing a pole and hoisting the BJP flag as the best picture of the week in Hosur village in Tamil Nadu.

What is the truth?

Actions such as climbing the pole and hoisting the party flag are dangerous and reprehensible.

When we did a reverse image search of the claimed photo of the BJP flag being hoisted on a pole in Hosur, Tamil Nadu, a blue flag was seen hoisted in the actual picture.

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On May 31, the Telangana state spokesperson of the Bahujan Samaj Party, Shirisha, posted on Twitter a photo of hoisting the Bahujan Samaj flag on a pole. The party’s state chief coordinator Praveen Kumar shared this on Twitter.

The picture shared on WhatsApp was posted on Twitter. The users have edited the blue flag of the Bahujan Samaj Party on the pole and placed the BJP flag to share on social media.

Conclusion

There was actually a Bahujan Samaj flag in the picture shared in the place of the BJP flag claimed to be hoisted on a pole in Hosur, Tamil Nadu. The original picture was posted on Twitter by the Bahujan Samaj Party of Telangana.

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