Old and unrelated image of Congress leaders Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Kumari Selja shared as recent

As Haryana gears up for assembly elections, Kumari Selja faces internal party struggles within Congress. With her absence from the campaign trail and rising tensions, an image of Congress leaders Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Kumari Selja has gone viral on social media. ahead of the Haryana Assembly elections, with users claiming it to be recent. This comes amid reports of infighting within the party’s state unit in Haryana.

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We started our investigation with a reverse image search on Google and the results led us to a similar image posted by Bhupinder Hooda on his official Twitter account on 24 September, 2019. The caption of the image states, “Many congratulations and best wishes to former Union Minister, Rajya Sabha MP, and @INCHaryana Speaker sister @kumari_selja ji on the occasion of her birthday. I pray to God for your good health and long life.”

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In further search, we found news reports of Selja Kumari declined Khattar’s offer to join the BJP. In an exclusive interview during the ‘Panchayat AajTak Haryana 2024’ event organized by the India Today Group on September 23, she stated, 

We found press reports that Selja Kumari denied Khattar’s offer to join the BJP. In an exclusive interview at the ‘Panchayat AajTak Haryana 2024’ event hosted by the India Today Group on September 23, she added,

“BJP leaders should refrain from giving me advice. Congress runs through my veins, just as my father passed away wrapped in the Tricolor. I, too, will go wrapped in that same Tricolor one day.”

Speaking about the internal dynamics of the Congress party at the AajTak event, she emphasised that there is no dissatisfaction within the ranks, but rather, some internal matters that are being resolved as the party continues to move forward.

The viral image of Bhupinder Hooda and Selja Kumari that has been spreading online amid her apparent absence from Haryana election campaigns is misleading. Hooda originally shared the image in 2019 to wish Selja Kumari a happy birthday, and it has no relevance to the current campaign.

Conclusion-

Fact Crescendo discovered that the claim made along the viral image to be Misleading. Old and unrelated image of Congress leaders Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Kumari Selja shared as recent