Recently, an image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi bowing down to a statue of former PM Jawaharlal Nehru is being widely shared on social media platforms.

 A Twitter user named Shivani shared the image with a caption in Hindi that can be roughly translated to, "If you’re bowing down to him after bashing him and speaking ill of him for 6 years, then understand that his ideology and thinking are greater than you.”

This image is being shared by several Facebook users with a similar claim. 

The truth behind the claim 

With the help of reverse image search after cropping out the image of PM Modi, we found that PM Modi had tweeted a set of four images of the newly-inaugurated Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra on August 8, 2020.

One of the images from the set was morphed to depict that the Prime Minister was paying respect to Nehru when in fact he was bowing down to Mahatma Gandhi’s statue.

The viral image carries a photo of Spiderman and @libtardu written on the right. After checking the profile, we found that the image was created as a satirical post by the handle.

On August 8, PM Modi inaugurated the National Sanitation Center set up at Rajghat in New Delhi. Several media organizations covered the inauguration ceremony. Prime Minister Modi’s Office uploaded a video of the event on YouTube where, at 16 seconds, PM Modi can be seen offering flowers on the statue of Gandhi.

In conclusion, the picture of PM Modi bowing down to the statue of former PM Nehru is morphed. The image was created by a Twitter handle as a satire.