Congress Shares Edited Photo of PM Modi Reading ‘101 Ways To Save Adani'

The original photo shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi reading a book titled 'Getting India Back on Track'.

Fact-Check: This photograph of PM Modi is edited.

(Photo: The Quint)

A photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is being shared on social media, which shows him reading a book titled 101 Ways to Save Adani.

Who shared it?: The verified Facebook page of the Indian National Congress shared the photo with a caption, "Always keeping the cheat-code handy..."

An archive of this post can be seen here.

(Source: Facebook/Screenshot)

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But..?: The photo is edited.

• The original photograph dates back to 2014 and shows PM Modi at an event to launch the book Getting India Back on Track: An Action Agenda for Reform.

How did we find out?: We ran a reverse image search on the viral photo, which led us to an article by The Wire.

• This article carried a photograph showing PM Modi reading a book, whose cover read Getting India Back on Track.

The photo shows PM Modi reading Getting India Back on Track: An Action Agenda for Reform.

(Source: The Wire/Amazon/Altered by The Quint)

• It mentioned that the photo showed him at the launch event for the book Getting India Back on Track: An Action Agenda for Reform which was published by Carnegie Endowment and credited it to PTI.

• Carnegie Middle East Center's website carried the same photo from the book launch, which took place in New Delhi on 8 June 2014.

The book's cover has been edited.

(Source: Altered by The Quint)

• We looked for the same photo on PTI's archives, where its description mentioned the title of the book as Getting India Back on Track: An Action Agenda for Reform.

PTI's photo description mentions the book's title as Getting India Back on Track: An Action Agenda for Reform.

(Source: PTI/Altered by The Quint)

• A video of the book's launch was also uploaded on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's verified YouTube channel.

Conclusion: An edited photo was shared to claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was reading a book titled '101 Ways to Save Adani'.

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