{"id":5122,"date":"2019-04-09T16:32:19","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T11:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.22.110.190\/english\/?p=5122"},"modified":"2019-04-09T16:32:19","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T11:02:19","slug":"mystery-of-the-third-hand-in-rahul-gandhis-image-embracing-elderly-woman-in-inc-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/mystery-of-the-third-hand-in-rahul-gandhis-image-embracing-elderly-woman-in-inc-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystery of the \u2018third hand\u2019 in Rahul Gandhi\u2019s image embracing elderly woman in INC ad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi BJP spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TajinderBagga\/status\/1115133828840845312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a>\u00a0a recent Congress advertisement of the minimum income guarantee scheme and raised doubts about a \u201cthird hand\u201d visible in the photograph (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/XCf3e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive<\/a>). The ad showcased Rahul Gandhi embracing an elderly woman. At the extreme right of the image, an unidentified hand can be seen near the woman\u2019s waist.\u00a0<em>\u201c\u092f\u0947 \u0924\u0940\u0938\u0930\u093e \u0939\u093e\u0925 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0915\u093e \u0939\u0948 Rahul Gandhi ji i told u yesterday na, Hire Good PR,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>tweeted the BJP spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-32790 \" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screenshot_20190408-165036_01.jpg?resize=421%2C794\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screenshot_20190408-165036_01.jpg?resize=159%2C300&amp;ssl=1 159w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screenshot_20190408-165036_01.jpg?resize=768%2C1451&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screenshot_20190408-165036_01.jpg?resize=542%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 542w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screenshot_20190408-165036_01.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=421%2C794 842w\" alt=\"\" width=\"421\" height=\"795\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>ABP News\u00a0<\/em>journalist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vikasbha\/status\/1115143752493019136\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vikas Bhaudauria<\/a>\u00a0also raised doubts about the \u201cthird hand\u201d. BJP minister Smriti Irani replied to Bhaudauria tweet saying that Congress\u2019s \u201csleight of hand\u201d depicts the party\u2019s corrupt mindset.\u00a0<em>\u201c\u091c\u092c \u0907\u0936\u0924\u0939\u093e\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0939\u0940 \u2018 sleight of hand \u2018 \u0928\u091c\u093c\u0930 \u0906\u090f \u0924\u094b \u0935\u093f\u091a\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0930\u0947\u0902 CONgress \u0915\u0940 \u092d\u094d\u0930\u0937\u094d\u091f \u092e\u093e\u0928\u0938\u093f\u0915\u0924\u093e \u0915\u0940 \u091c\u0921\u093c\u0947\u0902 \u0915\u093f\u0924\u0928\u0940 \u0917\u0939\u0930\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0902 (When advertisement itself has a \u201csleight of hand\u201d, one can only imagine how deeply corrupt is Congress\u2019s mindset.)\u201d\u00a0<\/em>read her tweet (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/3VK3A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive<\/a>).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Can you find out three hands of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RahulGandhi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RahulGandhi<\/a> in 1st picture if not than plz see second one &#8230;\u092f\u0947 \u0924\u0940\u0938\u0930\u093e \u0939\u093e\u0925 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u0915\u093e \u0939\u0948 ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OZyHS1ZXkW\">pic.twitter.com\/OZyHS1ZXkW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Vikas Bhadauria (@vikasbha) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vikasbha\/status\/1115143752493019136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is the mystery of the \u201cthird hand\u201d?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The photograph used by Congress for the advertisement of NYAY (Nyuntam Aay Yojana) is part of a larger image where several other people are visible in the background. Keeping the focus on Gandhi and the old woman, the background was blurred out in the picture used in the advertisement.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-32773 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/congress-ka-haath-1.png?resize=1014%2C668\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1014px) 100vw, 1014px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/congress-ka-haath-1.png?w=1014&amp;ssl=1 1014w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/congress-ka-haath-1.png?resize=300%2C198&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/congress-ka-haath-1.png?resize=768%2C506&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/congress-ka-haath-1.png?resize=130%2C86&amp;ssl=1 130w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/congress-ka-haath-1.png?resize=187%2C124&amp;ssl=1 187w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/congress-ka-haath-1.png?resize=990%2C652&amp;ssl=1 990w\" alt=\"\" width=\"753\" height=\"496\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The photograph was tweeted by Congress in 2015.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Snapshots from Rahul Gandhi&#39;s visit to flood affected areas of Tamil Nadu &amp; Puducherry, yesterday (2\/4) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kA4Qq320D9\">pic.twitter.com\/kA4Qq320D9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Congress (@INCIndia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/INCIndia\/status\/674488963936071684?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Social media claims regarding the authenticity of the image are, thus, misleading. The photograph is from an actual interaction during Rahul Gandhi\u2019s visit to flood-affected areas of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in 2015. The background has been blurred but the man\u2019s hand was not cropped by Congress before publishing the picture as an ad for NYAY.<\/p>\n<p>[This report was first published by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alt News<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doubts raised over &#8220;third&#8221; hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":5127,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5122","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nation"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5122"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebengalstory.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=5122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}