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By Hazel Gandhi An old video purporting to show Prime Minister Narendra Modi rejecting an idol of Lord Ganesha offered to him during an event, is cropped and misleading. BOOM found that the video is from May 2023 and a longer version shows PM Modi accepting the idol along with other gifts offered to him. The 11-second clip shows PM Modi on the stage during a rally where he is seen signalling a man offering him the Ganesh idol to step back. A caption on Facebook reads, “Imagine if Rahul Gandhi had refused to take Lord Ganesh instead of Modi, today the entire media and BJP’s supporters would hav…

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