Old Image of Go-Go Dancers Performing at a Hotel Falsely Linked to Sonia Gandhi

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An image showing three women dancing inside what appears to be a bar is being circulated on social media platforms with users identifying the lady in the middle as Congress leader Sonia Gandhi.A Facebook user shared the photo with a caption that said, "Who is the middle Bar Dancer, italian Rajmata of congress party (sic)."An archive of the post can be found here.(More archives of similar such claims could be found here, here, and here.)What's the truth?: The claim is false. The image actually shows Go-Go dancing girls performing at the Rawson Hotel in Sydney's Auburn, Australia in November 1967.'Land Jihad' to PILs: How Hate Narratives Turn Into Legal Action Against MosquesHow did we find that out?: Using the help of Google Lens, we conducted a reverse image search and found the same visual uploaded on stock image website — Getty Images.Its caption said, "Go Go dancing girls help break the beer drought on Rawson Hotel in Auburn on 21 November 1967. (Photo by Vic Sumner/Fairfax Media via Getty Images via Getty Images)."The image was taken in November 1967.More context: A newspaper clipping available on the website of the National Library of Australia (NLA) said that around three-quarters of Sydney hotels ran out of draught beer since the strike by 1,400 brewery workers. The report was published on 15 November 1967.The report was published on 15 November 1967.Comparing visuals: Team WebQoof compared the photo of the lady in the middle to an old image of Gandhi to further verify the veracity of the claim. It can be clearly seen that Gandhi is not there in the viral image. A comparison clearly highlights the differences.Conclusion: It is evident that the lady in the middle image seen in the viral image is not Congress leader Sonia Gandhi.No, Canada Didn’t Put Up Posters Asking Indians to Stop Defecating in the Open(Not convinced of a post or information you came across online and want it verified? Send us the details on WhatsApp at 9540511818 , or e-mail it to us at webqoof@thequint.com and we'll fact-check it for you. You can also read all our fact-checked stories here.)