May 18th 2024.
Recently, the official Twitter account of BJP West Bengal shared a poster praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his efforts in developing India's Metro rail network. The poster featured a photo of an elevated Metro line, which caught the attention of many users.
Upon further investigation by Newschecker, it was discovered that the photo used in the poster was not of an existing train or rail line in India, but from Singapore. A reverse image search led to a Singapore-based article from The Straits Times, dated February 13, 2020, which shared a similar photo of the train with the caption, "Commuters were told to add about 20 minutes to their train journeys between Choa Chu Kang MRT and Jurong East MRT stations."
A more detailed search revealed a Wikimedia Commons picture with the headline, "NS1 EW24 Jurong East MRT", and a similar photo was also used in a Yahoo Finance article from March 7, 2024, referring to it as the Jurong Line. A comparison of both images confirmed that they were indeed the same.
It was then discovered that the Jurong East MRT station is a major interchange station in Singapore, operated by the country's rail operator, SMRT Trains Limited.
This false information was also debunked by a viral video claiming to show a man beating an infant, which was later found to be from Turkey and not from Hyderabad.
In conclusion, the photo used in the BJP poster was not from India but from Singapore, making the claim false. This story was first published by Newschecker and republished by OrissaPOST as part of the Shakti Collective.
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