*NEW DELHI: An image of a man, who was claimed to be Indian Air Force (IAF)pilot Abhinandan Varthanam, supporting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hadrecently gone viral on the social media.*
It was later busted by the Indian media that the person in the picture wasa a doppelganger of the Indian pilot, who was captured and later releasedby Pakistan.
The social media post claimed that that the IAF wing commandersupports Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP and cast his vote forthe party in the ongoing election of the country.
The post has a photograph of a person who has striking resemblance withAbhinandan, owing to the man’s handlebar moustache as the pilot.
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The man is wrapping a saffron scarf around his neck, with the BJP symbolimprinted on it. The caption of the post urges people to vote for theIndia’s current ruling party.
Several Indian papers reported that the man in the picture wasnot Abhinandan but his lookalike and that any claim asserting that aserving officer of the IAF is actively campaigning for a political party isfalse. “Under the Air Force Rules, 1969, IAF personnel are not permitted totake part in political activities,” stated reports.
