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A photo has been shared in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts alongside a claim that it shows political party workers in the east Indian state of Bihar dumping Indian sweets after losing an election. The claim, however, is false; the photo has circulated in a news report about a raid by government officials at a sweet shop in the northern state of Haryana which uncovered a batch of rotten dessert. The photo was published here on Facebook on November 12, 2020. A screenshot of the misleading Facebook post The post’s caption reads: After loosing battle of ballots in Bihar, RJD workers decided to dump 1000s of ‘Rasgulle’. Wish they had served them to the poor instead. It’s so important to be educated.#TejashwiYadav. RJD is an acronym for Rashtriya Janata Dal , a political party led by Tejashwi Yadav . In November 2020, the party fell short of securing a governing majority in the Bihar election. Rasgulle is a syrupy Indian dessert. The photo was also shared alongside a similar claim on Facebook here and here and on Twitter here and here . The claim, however, is false. Reverse and keyword searches on Google found the photo was published in a news report about a raid by officials on a sweet shop in Sirsa , a city in Haryana. The photo was published here by Hindi-language newspaper Amar Ujala on November 10, 2020. Part of the story translates to English as: Officials from Haryana government today conducted a raid at a sweet shop, some of the samples of the sweets have been sent to the laboratory, while 100 kilograms of putrid Rasgulla were destroyed. Below is a screenshot comparison of the photo in the misleading posts (L) and the photo published in Amar Ujala’s report (R): Other Indian news outlets published reports on the raid on the sweet shop in Haryana here , here and here .
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