Fact Check: Indira over Shivaji? Why social media flak for Uddhav is misplaced

A photograph of Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray has gone viral showing him standing with folded hands in front of the portrait of late PM Indira Gandhi. Netizens are claiming that Thackeray has insulted Marathi icon Shivaji by putting a wooden plank on his portrait to accommodate Gandhi’s picture. India Today Anti Fake News War Room has found that the angle of the picture has confused netizens.

A photograph of Shiv Sena chief and Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray has gone viral showing him standing with folded hands in front of the portrait of late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. A wall painting of Chhatrapati Shivaji can be seen in the background of the wooden plank upon which Gandhi’s portrait is mounted.

Netizens have shared the picture with the claim that Thackeray has insulted Marathi icon Shivaji by putting a wooden plank on his portrait to accommodate Gandhi’s picture.