On social media, a collage of four pictures goes viral. While sharing the collage users claim that in the tragedy of Wayanad, volunteers of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) came forward to help.
Sharing a collage of these photos, DD News journalist Ashok Srivastava wrote, “Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi and Wayanad’s future MP Priyanka Vadra are in Delhi but the army and RSS people are working among the disaster victims of Wayanad. The same army which the Wayanad MP says is being beaten by the Chinese. The same RSS which the Wayanad MP calls a terrorist organization.”
Users are writing, “In the tragedy of Wayanad, the volunteers of the Sangh (RSS) came forward to help but Rahul did not go there despite it being his constituency. He is busy in the conspiracy of caste census in the Lok Sabha to spread caste animosity.”
This collage has also been shared by other users. It can be seen here, here, here and here .
Fact Check
On investigation, DFRAC found that this image is from 2018 and 2019. Here we are providing a fact check of these four pictures.
First picture: This photo was posted by a user named Dr. Jitendra Amlani X on August 16, 2018. This user said that this photo is from Kerala.
Second picture: This photo was posted by a Facebook user named ‘RSS Rengali, Sambalpur’ on August 18, 2018.
Third picture: This photo was posted on a website called vsktamilnadu.org in the year 2018 claiming it to be of Kerala floods 2018.
Fourth picture: A Facebook user ‘Gola Bazar Gorakhpur’ posted a 30-second video on August 21, 2019. The fourth picture can be seen at 14 seconds in this video.
Conclusion
It is evident from the DFRAC’s fact check that social media users are sharing old images claiming that RSS workers are carrying out relief and rescue operations in Wayanad, Kerala. Therefore, the claim of social media users is misleading.
