Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the government-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited on Saturday (November 25), during which he flew a Tejas fighter aircraft in Bengaluru. PM Modi paid a visit to the city to assess the state of work at the manufacturing facility. In the light combat IAF aircraft, the Prime Minister flew for around forty-five minutes. He even shared a pictures of his flight and expressed how much his trust in the nation’s own resources was increased by his sortie in a domestic aircraft.
However, amidst all this, the Congress has started a propaganda. A video of the Prime Minister soaring in Tejas and waiving hand has been circulated by several Congress leaders and supporters. With satirical comments like “To whom is Modi ji saying bye from above the clouds?”, this video is being circulated.
The X handle of Indian Youth Congress (INC) sharing the video (Archived link) wrote, “Watch the first election rally above the clouds.”
बादलों के ऊपर पहली चुनावी रैली देखिये… pic.twitter.com/IonG2nQ7Vz
— Indian Youth Congress (@IYC) November 25, 2023
The video was also shared by other Congress-affiliated handles Supriya Shrinate (Archived link), Srinivas BC (Archived link) and Nitin Agarwal (Archived link).
लाइलाज!
— Supriya Shrinate (@SupriyaShrinate) November 25, 2023
pic.twitter.com/j8hYRL6TNQ
हे प्रभु 🙏 pic.twitter.com/KvvVgB45FL
— Srinivas BV (@srinivasiyc) November 25, 2023
बादलों के ऊपर किसे देखकर हाथ हिला रहे है?? pic.twitter.com/2JeM8Yl3NF
— Nitin Agarwal (@nitinagarwalINC) November 25, 2023
Moreover, the video of PM Modi waving his hand while flying in aircraft was shared by many other propagandists handles on X. These handles are Anand Bhai (Archived link), Prateek Singh (Archived link), Rishi Choudhary (Archived link), Sandeep Bisht (Archived link), Dinesh Purohit (Archived link), Shyam Yadav (Archived link), Meenakshi (Archived link), Islamist Nigar Parveen (Archived link), Ashok Kumar Pandey (Archived link), Nehr_who? (Archived link) and Bhavika Kapoor (Archived link).
बादलों के ऊपर से किसको बाय बोल रहे हैं मोदी जी ? pic.twitter.com/HU2PxIPwJG
— Anand Bhai (@AnandBhai_) November 25, 2023
आत्ममुग्धता
— Prateek Singh 🇮🇳 (@PrateekSinghINC) November 25, 2023
रैली और भीड़ में हाथ हिलाते हुए तो बात समझ मे आती है लेकिन साहब बादलों के ऊपर आसमान में किस की तरफ हाथ हिला रहे है ?
pic.twitter.com/QqjybD6gGt
पूरी दुनिया में एक अकेला ऐसा घटिया नेता जो दिन रात हाथ हिलाता रहता है।
— Rishi Choudhary 🇮🇳 (@RishiRahar) November 25, 2023
जिंदगी भर सिर्फ हाथ हिलाया।
अब यह आसमान में किसका अभिवादन कर रहा है।
सनक और पागलपन की निशानी। pic.twitter.com/ac12gVQwjR
आदत से मजबूर है। प्लेन के डैशबोर्ड कैमरे में भी खाली आसमान में हाथ हिला रहा है।#Tejas pic.twitter.com/A6DWk9EZMg
— Sandeep Bisht (@iSandeepBisht) November 25, 2023
बादलों में अभिवादन स्वीकार करते हुए मूर्खों के सरदार। pic.twitter.com/biSRCD4wa3
— Dinesh Purohit (@Imdineshpurohit) November 25, 2023
हे प्रभु, हे हरिराम कृष्ण जगन्नाथ प्रेमानंद, ये क्या हुआ। 💔 pic.twitter.com/B6W5GWvGwx
— Shyam Yadav (@shyamyadav2408) November 25, 2023
और ये डायरेक्ट बादलों से Hi-Hello करते मोदी जी 😂 pic.twitter.com/WAbPHXtimY
— Meenakshi (@iMeenakshiRani) November 25, 2023
आपको पता है प्रधानमंत्री आसमान में हाथ क्यों हिला रहे हैं ?
— Nigar Parveen (@NigarNawab) November 25, 2023
ऐसा नहीं है उन्हें कुछ पता नहीं है उन्हें सब पता है लेकिन वो जानते है आसमान में कोई देखे या ना देखे नीचे उतरकर गोदी मीडिया के जरिए करोड़ों लोग जरूर देखेंगे pic.twitter.com/CalSnTAwb6
यूँ जो तकता है आसमान को तू
— Ashok Kumar Pandey अशोक اشوک (@Ashok_Kashmir) November 25, 2023
कोई रहता है आसमान में क्या
जौन एलिया pic.twitter.com/NEIOvtxMty
Modi waves hand while flying above the cloud
— Nehr_who? (@Nher_who) November 25, 2023
O % common sense
100% Stupidity pic.twitter.com/3b95UJn989
I told you ..he has lost mental balance.
— Bhavika Kapoor ✋ (@BhavikaKapoor5) November 25, 2023
Who is he waiving hand to?
Ye kisse hath hila raha hai upar clouds mein?
Panauti pagal ho gaya hai …….
🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/CtF9z0COfJ
Fact Check
We began our investigation by trying to locate footage of PM Modi’s visit to Bengaluru today. We discovered a video on the ANI X account that features brief shots of PM Modi flying in Tejas.
#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew a sortie on Tejas aircraft in Bengaluru, Karnataka, earlier today. pic.twitter.com/TNtWyHHDu9
— ANI (@ANI) November 25, 2023
At 54 seconds into the video, the same keyframe, with PM Modi waiving his hand to the left emerges. However, we clearly see another aircraft flying beside the one the PM was flying just before this keyframe at 51 seconds.
Then at 1 minute and 1 second time frame, the video angle switches to a view from another aircraft, and you can see Prime Minister Modi waving at people inside that aircraft. This indicates that PM Modi was waving to people flying in the aircraft. Additionally, at the 1-minute and 9-second mark, the footage once again features the PM waving, with the pilot also joining in to wave towards the other aircraft.
In conclusion, the cropped video of PM Modi is being circulated out of context, falsely implying that he was waving at nobody. In truth, the PM was waving towards another aircraft that was flying alongside the one in which he was aboard.
| Claim | PM Modi was waving at nobody while flying in Tejas |
| Claimed by | Indian Youth Congress, Srinivas BC, Supriya Shrinate and other X users |
| Fact Check | Misleading |
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