The claim
A photo of Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar with Nirmala Sitharaman during the Union Budget presentation on 01 February 2025.
Original review summary
The photo was from the 01 February 2020 Union Budget presentation, not the 2025 presentation. Rajiv Kumar was then Finance Secretary; the review says the official Press Information Bureau gallery caption identifies the photo as being from February 2020.[S1]
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Sources and attribution
- [S1] FACTLY original review
Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026