After cyclone Fani hit Odisha’s Puri district on Friday, social media has been flooded with pictures showing RSS activists engaged in the rescue operation.
The caption reads- ओडिशा में तूफ़ान आने के बाद कोई पहुचा हो मदद के लिए या नही लेकिन Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) के लोग जरूर पहुच गए।
मुझे खुद पर गर्व है कि मैं RSS की विचारधारा से जुड़ा हूं।
(Translation- After the storm in Odisha, no one reached for help, but the people of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) have reached. I am proud of myself that I am associated with RSS ideology. )
On the time of filing, the post had more than 15,000 shares.
We found a similar post on Twitter shared by National joint General Secretary of BJP, Shiv Prakash.
सेवा हि परमोधर्म: का आदर्श लेकर फनी तूफान से पीड़ित लोगों में राहत कार्य करते हुए संघ स्वयंसेवक। pic.twitter.com/EFKKsyxHnj
— Shivprakash (@shivprakashbjp) May 4, 2019
RSS Swayamsevaks in rescue operations in Orrisa. pic.twitter.com/XGWc8rDcdP
— Friends of RSS (@friendsofrss) May 4, 2019
We found more pictures on social media with similar claims
संगठन गढ़े चलो,सुपंथ पर बढ़े चलो…..
भला हो जिसमे देश का,वो काम सब किए चलो….🙏#RSSinOdisha pic.twitter.com/Shn9o5IuLl— VSK ASSAM (@VSKASSAM) May 5, 2019
FACT CHECK
When NewsMobile fact-check team put the pictures through Reverse Image Search, we found that the pictures were old.
Image 1
The pictures in the former posts are taken after ‘Titli’ cyclone which hit Andhra Pradesh in 2018.
Image 2
We found that the pictures were taken in 2005 in Idukki, Kerala when the region received heavy rainfall that led to a major landslide.
The above information proves that the pictures that are being circulated are old.
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