Is late former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi eating seafood in this picture? Know the truth

Image of late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is going viral on social media. She can be seen eating something. Users are claiming that she is eating seafood (non-veg) being a brahmin.

However, Fact Crescendo found the claim to be false. In the image, Indira Gandhi is eating corn and not seafood.

What’s the claim?

Sharing the image, social media users are claiming that Indira Gandhi being a grandmother of Dattatreya Janeudhari Brahmin (Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi) is eating seafood

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Fact Check-

A Google Reverse Image Search on Google led us to the same image uploaded on The Hindu website on 25 September 2017. The article published a report on the demise of a veteran photographer Sridhar Naidu. It was also mentioned that Sridhar Naidu was the photographer who took this photo of Indira Gandhi eating maize corn.

Former Assistant Director of Information and Public Relations Department, Shridhar Naidu had taken this picture at Fateh Maidan Club in Hyderabad. Sreedhan Naidu worked in this department for more than four decades and took photographs of many politicians.The image of Indira Gandhi eating maize corn was his most acclaimed exclusive photograph.

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Below you can see the comparison between the viral image and the real image.

Conclusion:

Fact Crescendo found the claim to be false. Indira Gandhi is not eating seafood in this image. She is eating maize corn.