Old photo recirculates with misleading claim about India’s presidential transition

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Old photo recirculates with misleading claim about India’s presidential transition
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🇮🇳 An image showing the transfer of presidential powers in India in 2022? ❌ This photo of former president Ram Nath Kovind and his successor Droupadi Murmu has circulated in news reports from 2020

An image of former Indian president Ram Nath Kovind and his successor President Droupadi Murmu performing a Hindu ritual has beenalongside the claim it was taken during the presidential transition. However, the claim is misleading. The image predates Murmu's election to the largely ceremonial post by at least two years; it has previously circulated in news reports from 2020 about Kovind's visit to India’s eastern Jharkhand state, which Murmu formerly led as governor.

Murmu's win was considered a certainty because of the strength of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies in the parliament and state assemblies, AFPShe succeeded Ram Nath Kovind, the second president from the Dalit community, the bottom of the Hindu caste system.The same image was also shared alongside a similar claim on Facebook

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