Published 19:14 IST, May 20th 2020
Fact Check: Picture of 1000 buses arranged by Priyanka Gandhi for migrants real or fake?
Fact Check: A picture circulating on the internet claims to be of the buses that were arranged by Priyanka Gandhi for migrants to ferry them to Uttar Pradesh.
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यह रेल के डिब्बे नही यह श्रीमती प्रियंका गांधी जी का मजदूरों को उनके घर तक पौहचना के लिए किया गया बसों का इंतज़ाम है अब...
Posted by Vickey Sharma on Monday, 18 May 2020
Finally, UP government accept the
— Musab Khan (@Musabkkhhaann) May 18, 2020
Priyanka Gandhi's offer of 1000 buses
Priyanka Gandhi remind me of Indira Gandhi pic.twitter.com/QDSW8RWLdA
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A Google reverse image search reveals that the picture used in this picture is actually from the 2019 Kumbh Mela. The UP government had made a Guinness Record of having the largest parade of buses. The picture was used by a news site to share this piece of information with the people. The picture was taken in Prayagraj and it covered a stretch of 3.2 km in the city. Here is a tweet by ANI UP from 2019 that has this picture:
Prayagraj: Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) attempts Guinness Book of World Records for the longest fleet of 500 buses. The buses with the Kumbh logo will cover a stretch of 3.2 km in the district. #Kumbh2019 pic.twitter.com/zLpCJeeOsO
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) February 28, 2019
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The UP buses by Priyanka Gandhi was a Kumbh Mela image from 2019
While the picture used for this post was incorrect, the fact that Priyanka Gandhi has arranged buses for migrants to travel to Uttar Pradesh is true. Gandhi had requested the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath to have these buses run between Noida and Ghaziabad. Priyanka Gandhi's 1000 buses were given approval by CM Yogi to enter Uttar Pradesh, ferrying a large number of migrants back to their homes.
..मजदूरों को घर भिजवाने के लिए कोरी घोषणाएं और ओछी राजनीति से काम नहीं चलेगा। ज्यादा ट्रेनें चलाइए, बसें चलाइए।
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) May 17, 2020
हमने 1000 बसों की परमिशन मांगी है हमें सेवा करने दीजिए। 2/2
19:05 IST, May 20th 2020