Priyanka Gandhi Vadra used old photos to highlight floods in Assam, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh

One image shared by Gandhi Vadra, of houses submerged in water due to floods, is from 2019 and the second, of a man carrying grains on a banana raft, is from 2017.

An image of the Assam floods in 2019 that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra shared as ascene of the 2020 floods in the state | Twitter

New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Monday shared two old images of the floods in Assam and Bihar in her attempt to highlight the current flood situation in these two states and Uttar Pradesh.

“Floods in many areas of Assam, Bihar and UP have disrupted life. Lakhs of people are facing problems. We are keen to help those affected by the flood. I appeal to Congress workers and leaders to do everything possible to help the affected people,” the Congress’ Eastern UP General Secretary tweeted.

https://twitter.com/priyankagandhi/status/1285106780880568325

The same photos have also been used by news channels as well. News18 Gujarati shared them with the headline, “Water all around, these 7 pictures give a picture of the devastation of floods in Assam. Floods in Assam claim 76 lives in 7 weeks,” in its gallery report posted on 19 July. DD News used the first photo posted by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in its 16 July news report over flood situation in Assam and Bihar.

Neither the news channels nor the Congress leader mentioned that these are old, file photos or representative images.

Fact Check

The first image shared by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and both the news channels, of houses being submerged in water due to floods, is from 2019. The actual image is a PTI photograph from July 2019, of a submerged village in Assam’s Morigaon district.

The second photo, of a man carrying grains on a banana raft, is from 12 August 2017 and portrays the flood in Bihar’s Araria district.

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