This is not the first time Sonia Gandhi participated in Dusshera celebrations at Ramlila Maidan - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
October 10, 2022
In the context of recently concluded Navratri celebrations, an image of Sonia Gandhi applying Tilak to persons dressed as Lord Ram and Lakshman is being widely shared on social media implying that this is the first time, she participated in Dusshera celebrations at Ramlila Maidan. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Sonia Gandhi participating in Dusshera celebrations at Ramlila Maidan for the first time.
Fact:  This is not the first time Sonia Gandhi participated in Dusshera celebrations at Ramlila Maidan. Several pics of her participating in this event at least since 2006 are available online. Hence the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
We ran a reverse image search using the Viral image and found that the same image was shared by Congress Party’s Official twitter handle on 19 October 2018 during Dusshera Celebrations at Ramlila Maidan.
UPA Chairperson Smt. Sonia Gandhi & Former PM Dr. Manmohan Singh join the #Dussehra festivities at the Dharmik Ramlila Committee. pic.twitter.com/ZZafHKazEo
We also found the old images of Sonia Gandhi participating in Dusshera celebrations at Ramlila Maidan and applying Tilak or performing rituals to the actors who dressed as Lord Ram, Lakshman, Hanuman. Individual pictures can be seen here, here, here and here.
To sum it up, this is not the first time Sonia Gandhi Participated in Dusshera celebrations at Ramlila Maidan.