Fact Check: Digvijaya Singh, Shobhaa De share doctored NYT front page with picture of crocodile mocking PM Modi

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh and writer Shobhaa De were among those who shared an image that looks like a New York Times cover page with a picture of a crocodile in tears and the headline “India’s PM cried”.

Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh, columnist Shobhaa De were among some who tweeted an image that looks like the front page of US daily, The New York Times with a picture of a crocodile in tears corroborated with a headline “India’s PM cried”. PM Shri Narendra Modi gets emotional while paying tributes to the people who left us due to #COVID19 . pic.twitter.com/Gl5jiv7XHo The tweets were shared after Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the healthcare workers in UP’s Varanasi on Friday. While addressing the frontline workers and the challenges they are facing during the ongoing pandemic, the prime minister had become emotional. While Shobhaa De wrote “Savage” in her tweet, the senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh wrote, "Dr. Jaishankar Ji now that you are going to US would you please ensure The New York Times does not spoil the image of Modi ji!! After all, he is more worried about his IMAGE than worrying about the People suffering from COVID!! To him Crying at the right time is an Art!!"