This image is from March 2022 when Ex CM Channi met CM Bhagwant Mann and congratulated him for the Victory.
RSFC (Team Mohali)- Ex CM Charanjit Channi is back to Punjab and today he went to Gurudwara Chamkaur Sahib with His Family. After so many allegations faced by opposition during or after elections, Ex CM went abroad after losing the elections.
Now, there's a pic going viral on social media of Charanjit Channi meeting with CM Bhagwant Mann. Users are claiming this picture as recent and targetting Charanjit Channi that he came from abroad after dealing with the Government.
In our investigation, we found the claim to be fake and this pic to be old. Read our Fact Check:
Viral Post
A facebook page named "Aaap party pap party" shared this image dated 20 December 2022 and wrote the description, "?? … ??? ??? ????? ??? ??? ???? ?????? ???? ?????" (Translation says "Ex Cm Channi is back with a deal"
See the post below
Investigation
By starting our investigation, we searched this image with Google Lens.
Viral Image Is Old
We found this image in a tweet of news agency ANI dated 21 March 2022 with a caption, "Punjab's former CM Charanjit Singh Channi met and congratulated the state's new CM Bhagwant Mann in Chandigarh earlier today."
Punjab's former CM Charanjit Singh Channi met and congratulated the state's new CM Bhagwant Mann in Chandigarh earlier today. pic.twitter.com/08jZlb4t85
— ANI (@ANI) March 21, 2022
Furthermore we found this image in news of Media House The Print. This news was uploaded on 21 March 2022 and News headlines says, "Punjab: Charanjit Singh Channi meets Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann in Chandigarh"
News says, "Punjab’s former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi met and congratulated the state’s new CM Bhagwant Mann in Chandigarh on Monday."
It means that the viral image is old and now being resurfaced with Fake Claim to target Ex CM.
Conclusion: In our investigation, we found the claim to be fake and this pic to be old. This image is from March 2022 when Ex CM Channi met CM Bhagwant Mann and congratulated him for the Victory.
