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A post circulating on social media claims PM Narendra Modi ignored Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and invited Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis to a meeting of chief ministers. Read on to find out more.
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This image is from the BJP chief ministers’ council meeting chaired by PM Modi on July 24. It was attended by 12 chief ministers and eight deputy chief ministers from BJP.
A post circulating on social media claims PM Narendra Modi ignored Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and invited Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis to a meeting of chief ministers. In the viral post, Fadnavis can be seen greeting PM Modi and JP Nadda with folded hands.
“It was the Chief Minister's Council. See, who is the Chief Minister of Maharashtra among them?” a caption in Marathi read.
An AFWA investigation found that the claim is misleading. The photo was taken during a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief Ministers Council. Non-BJP leaders, including NDA allies, were not invited.
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According to a press release by BJP, the image in question is from a BJP Chief Ministers Council which was held on July 24 at the party's Delhi office. During the meeting, PM Modi interacted with 12 chief ministers and 8 deputy chief ministers from states where the BJP is in power on its own or in an alliance.
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The viral image was found on the official website of BJP along with a press release of the event.
BJP National President JP Nadda was also present at the meeting.
Tweeting photographs from the event, PM Modi wrote that he had a meeting with BJP chief ministers and deputy chief ministers.
Attended a meeting with @BJP4India Chief Ministers and Deputy Chief Ministers. This meeting gave us the opportunity to discuss best practices in the states, how to further strengthen the reach of Central schemes and more. pic.twitter.com/CR3oxhmRuG— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 24, 2022
Fadnavis, who is the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra, hence was among the attendees. Apart from him, BJPs deputy chief ministers Yanthungo Patton from Nagaland, Tarkishore Prasad, and Renu Devi from Bihar also attended the meeting. Both Neiphiu Rio of Nagaland and Nitish Kumar of Bihar were not part of the meeting.
Hon’ble Dy CM Shri. @YanthungoPatton attended all BJP CM and Dy CM's meeting with Hon'ble PM Shri. @narendramodi Ji today at New Delhi. The meeting was held to deliberate on the developmental work done across the states.@BJP4India @blsanthosh @AlongImna @JPNadda @AjayJamwalNE pic.twitter.com/h48KzFR77z— BJP Nagaland (@BJP4Nagaland) July 24, 2022
pic.twitter.com/vyz7YAsh69— Renu Devi (@renu_bjp) July 24, 2022
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, and Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant are among those who attended the council.
A video of the event released by ANI can be seen below.
Following the fall of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in Maharashtra, rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde was sworn in as the chief minister on June 30 while BJP's Fadnavis became his deputy.
It is, however, clear that the image in question is from a BJP Chief Ministers’ Council which was attended only by chief ministers and deputy chief ministers of the party and not their allies.
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