Viral photo of Priyanka carrying a bag with text “I don’t care about Bangladeshi Hindus” is edited
A post being shared on social media (here, and here) features a photo of Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi carrying a bag with the text, “I don’t care about Bangladeshi Hindus.” Let’s verify the post through this article.
The archived post can be found here.
Claim: A photo shows Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi carrying a bag with the text, “I don’t care about Bangladeshi Hindus.”
Fact: The viral photo is edited. The original photo shows Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi in Parliament on 16 December 2024, carrying a bag supporting Palestine. However, the next day, 17 December 2024, she carried a new bag supporting Bangladeshi Hindus and joined Congress MPs in protesting against atrocities on Hindus and Christians in Bangladesh. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
To verify the authenticity of the viral photo of Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi, we conducted a Google Lens search, which led us to a news report (archived) by India Today dated 16 December 2024. The report featured the original photo of Priyanka Gandhi carrying a bag. According to the report, the photo shows Priyanka Gandhi arriving in Parliament on 16 December 2024 with a bag displaying a message in support of Palestine, expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people.
We also found a social media post (archived) on Priyanka Gandhi’s Instagram handle, showing her bag with “PALESTINE” written on it.
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We found that the viral photo is an edited version of this photo. A comparison between the original photo and the viral photo is seen below.
However, on 17 December 2024, Priyanka Gandhi carried (archived) a new bag with a slogan supporting the Hindus & Christians of Bangladesh. On the same day, she, along with other Congress MPs, protested in Parliament, demanding justice for Hindus and Christians facing atrocities in Bangladesh.
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To sum up, the viral photo of Priyanka Gandhi carrying a bag with the text “I don’t care about Bangladeshi Hindus” is edited.
(This story was originally published by factly.in, and republished by english.varthabharati.in as part of the Shakti Collective)
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CJI's advice to aspirant: Join the bar, become a lawyer, don't hanker for judicial services post
New Delhi (PTI): She came to the Supreme Court seeking a re-evaluation of her paper in the examination for joining judicial services as a magistrate. What she got instead was a rejection — and a candid confession by the Chief Justice that he too had wanted to join the judicial services in his youth but was advised by a senior judge to become a lawyer instead.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi on Friday dismissed a plea filed by Prerna Gupta, the judicial services aspirant.
As Gupta pressed her case, the CJI intervened and said, "Let me share my personal story and I hope you will go happily as we cannot allow your petition."
He recounted his time as a final-year law student in 1984 when he wanted to become a judicial officer. As per requirement, he cleared the written test and was set to appear for an interview.
Judicial services is one of the two routes to become a judge after initially joining as a magistrate in lower court and thereafter rising through the ranks to become judge in a high court and possibly the Supreme Court.
The other route is to join the Bar, which means becoming a lawyer, and after building a reputation be picked from the Bar to become a judge at a senior level.
By the time the CJI's exam results came out, he had started practising at the Punjab and Haryana High Court when he was called for the interview.
The senior-most judge on the interview panel happened to be a judge before whom he had recently argued two significant matters.
"One of the matters was Sunita Rani vs Baldev Raj, where he had allowed my appeal in a matrimonial case and set aside the decree of divorce granted by the District Judge on the ground of schizophrenia," he noted.
Before the interview could take place, the judge called the young Surya Kant to his chamber and asked, 'Do you want to become a judicial officer?'
"I said 'yes.' He immediately said, 'Get out from (my) the chamber.'"
The courtroom fell silent as the CJI Justice described his initial heartbreak.
“I came out trembling. All my dreams were shattered. I thought he had snubbed me and that my career was over,” the CJI said.
However, the story took another turn the following day and the judge summoned him again, this time offering a piece of advice that would change the trajectory of his life.
“He said, ‘If you want to become (a judge), you are welcome. But my advice is, don’t become a judicial officer. The Bar is waiting for you,’” Justice Surya Kant recalled.
The CJI said he decided to skip his interview and didn't even tell his parents at first, fearing their disappointment, and instead chose to dedicate himself to his practice as an advocate.
“Now tell me did I make a bad right or bad decision,” the CJI asked and the litigant lawyer left the court with a smile on her face despite her case being dismissed.
Encouraging the petitioner to look toward the future rather than dwelling on the re-evaluation of a single paper, Justice Surya Kant said, "The Bar has much to offer."
