Thread by @GorwayGlobal

The #Hindu #farRight seems addicted to what I call the #WhiteMansValidation syndrome. Nothing is so valuable as endorsement from a white man - even it is Boris Johnson. #WhatsApp groups and Twitter handles are sharing this image apparently of UK PM @BorisJohnson doing abhishek

There are 2 snamgs though, One that is actually an unofficial parody account of Boris Johnson that I screenshotted. But the picture itself is real - Boris and @pritipatel, UK HomeSecretary pouring water over a figurine of some kind.

That said, the @UKHomeSecretary - not an official account by the way, put out this on twitter:

https://twitter.com/UKHomeSecretary/status/1292046554333839360?s=20

, to clarify that the abhiskek pouring happened not on 5 Aug 2020 but somtiem in 2019 in Neasden #SwamiNarayan temple (when @BorisJohnson was begging for votes)

Here is that tweet as a screenshot in case it gets deleted:

But a lot of people with "BJP" or "ProudHindu" is their twitter bio got taken in by the prank: see for instance:

And here is the zoomed out picture that shows that
- it wasn't in 10, Downing Street as claimed in the original prank tweet.