The claim
The viral photo shows Swami Chinmayanand and Manohar Lal Dhakad campaigning in Bihar for Maithili Thakur of BJP.
Original review summary
The review finds that the viral photo was edited: the heads of Swami Chinmayanand and Manohar Lal Dhakad were superimposed onto a photo of Maithili Thakur joining the BJP. The original photo showed Dilip Jaiswal and Amit Prakash Bablu alongside her, and was posted by Dainik Bhaskar on 14 October 2025.[S1]
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Sources and attribution
- [S1] FACTLY original review
Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026
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