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The claim

A selfie of Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi with a portrait of Jesus in the background.

Original publisher’s rating

FALSE

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Original review summary

The review says the portrait in the selfie is not of Jesus, but Nicholas Roerich’s 1932 painting “Madonna Oriflamma,” which it describes as symbolizing human unity. It says the painting has no religious significance.[S1]

Additional context

The review says the selfie was shared after Rahul Gandhi voted in Delhi during the sixth phase of polling in the Lok Sabha election. [S1]

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Sources and attribution

  1. [S1] FACTLY original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 17, 2026

Original review: FACTLY. Structured data compiled by Data Commons under CC BY 4.0. Publisher article content is subject to its own terms. Summaries and context are produced by PeakMetrics with AI assistance.

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