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No, the sports minister Rajyavardhan Rathore did not serve food to the athletes
A photograph of Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore is viral on social media with the claim that the Sports Minister was serving food to Indian athletes currently in Jakarta for the Asian Games. In the picture, Rathore can be seen holding a tray and interacting with players. The tray has three bowls on it, which acted as an affirmation for many that the minister was serving food to the players. 
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Image: AltNews Several journalists also praised the Sports Minister via tweets. Among them was Republic TV’s Major Gaurav Arya, senior political editor of News18 Pallavi Joshi, Karnataka journalist Hariprakash Konemane and India Today’s Rajdeep Sardesai. However, Sardesai later deleted his tweet.
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Image: AltNews Fake news website Postcard News founder Mahesh Hegde shared the image as well. It was retweeted over 900 times. 
Image: AltNews A Facebook page India Firstshared the picture as part of a collage depicting “new India”. The post had 12,000 shares at the time of writing this article. However, the claim was not limited to circulation by individual users, fake news purveyors and lawmakers. Several media outlets and journalists also praised Rathore for “serving food.”
Image: AltNews A Facebook page India Firstshared the picture as part of a collage depicting “new India”. The post had 12,000 shares at the time of writing this article. However, the claim was not limited to circulation by individual users, fake news purveyors and lawmakers. Several media outlets and journalists also praised Rathore for “serving food.” Media and journalists
NDTV, DNA, Dainik Jagran, India TVand Republic World were among the media outlets that wrote articles on the minister’s alleged inspiring gesture. The image of him with the tray was the sole testament to the act and the basis of their reportage. Image: AltNews Several journalists also praised the Sports Minister via tweets. Among them was Republic TV’s Major Gaurav Arya, senior political editor of News18 Pallavi Joshi, Karnataka journalist Hariprakash Konemane and India Today’s Rajdeep Sardesai. However, Sardesai later deleted his tweet. What is the truth?
The viral image was first shared from the official Twitter handle of Sports Authority of India (SAI) on August 26, along with several other pictures of the Sports Minister with athletes and officials at the Asian Games Village in Jakarta. However, SAI did not post the image with the claim that Rathore was “serving” the players. https://twitter.com/Media_SAI/status/1033618426625970176 The Sports Minister has also not claimed on social media or in media reports that he served food or tea to Indian athletes at the Games. https://twitter.com/DiggySinghDeo/status/1034432111510315008 There are many other photographs of Rathore interacting with athletes that day. However, only the one where he is holding a tray is widely circulated. If one were to observe these photographs, the minister seems to be taking his own food. https://twitter.com/DiggySinghDeo/status/1034314146446069761 However, as this was an observational inference, Alt News contacted a person who was present at the scene but does not wish to be named. He told us that the picture is misleading as the minister was not serving food, snacks or tea but only greeting the players he met on his way to the table.Also read: Can Rajyavardhan Rathore surpass Ajay Maken as India’s best Sports Minister?
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