An old picture of Bal Thackeray and Anand Dighe is shared as that of Bal Thackeray with Eknath Shinde - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
July 1, 2022
A photo through a post is being widely shared on social media claiming that the photo is an old picture of Bal Thackeray with Eknath Shinde. Let us fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Old picture of Bal Thackeray with Eknath Shinde.
Fact: This is an old picture of Bal Thackeray applying tilak to Anand Dighe. Anand Dighe was a leader of Shiv Sena who reportedly mentored Eknath Shinde. He was a prominent leader in Thane, Maharashtra; he died at the age of 50 after suffering from a heart attack. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When reverse image search is done on the photo, the same photo was found on Twitter. The official Twitter account of ‘Shiv Sena’ tweeted the same picture on 26 August 2021. The picture was tweeted saying that it was posted in the memory of ‘Anand Dighe’, a prominent member of Shiv Sena. The tweet does not mention anything about Eknath Shinde.
धर्मवीर आनंद दिघे साहेब यांच्या स्मृती प्रत्येक शिवसैनिकाच्या मनात कायम आहेत. त्यांना स्मृतिदिनानिमित्त विनम्र अभिवादन. pic.twitter.com/SQ7heuq9pc
According to various news reports, the picture is of Bal Thackeray applying tilak on Anand Dighe. Anand Dighe was a leader of Shiv Sena who reportedly mentored Eknath Shinde. He was a prominent leader in Thane, Maharashtra; he died at the age of 50 after suffering from a heart attack.
To sum it up, an old picture of Bal Thackeray and Anand Dighe is shared as that of Bal Thackeray with Eknath Shinde