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      No, This Video Does Not Show A Kashmiri Pandit Chastising Rahul Gandhi On A Flight

      BOOM found that the video is from 2019 and the woman was telling Rahul Gandhi about the effects of the lockdown in Kashmir post abrogation of Article 370.

      By -  Mohammed Kudrati
      Published -  2 July 2022 6:47 PM IST
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      No, This Video Does Not Show A Kashmiri Pandit Chastising Rahul Gandhi On A Flight
      CLAIMA viral video claims to show a Kashmiri Pandit woman confronting Rahul Gandhi on a flight, questioning why he opposes Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Kashmir issue, particularly in relation to Kashmiri Hindus.
      FACT CHECKBOOM found out that the claim is false. The video is from 2019, shortly after the abrogation of Article 370, and shows a woman telling Rahul Gandhi about the hardships faced by Kashmiris due to the lockdown in Srinagar, not criticizing him for opposing Modi. The woman in the video is not a Kashmiri Pandit asking Gandhi why he does not support them, but rather discussing the effects of the lockdown imposed by the government.

      An old video from 2019, where a woman is seen telling Congress leader and Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi about her experience post abrogation of Article 370 on a flight, is being shared with a false claim that she is a Kashmiri Hindu living abroad asking why he is opposed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Kashmir issue.

      BOOM found that the video is from August 24, 2019, a little less than three weeks after Article 370 of the Constitution was abrogated on August 5 and shows passengers in a flight leaving Srinagar speaking to Gandhi. The woman in the video, is not asking Gandhi why he does not support Kashmiri Pandits but was in fact narrating her and the ordeal many Kashmiris were facing because of the lockdown imposed on the state by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.

      The video in question was originally shared by the Twitter handle of the Organiser, the mouthpiece of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and is being shared with claim, "Kashmiri Hindus living abroad surrounded Rahul Gandhi while travelling in an airplane and asked why he opposed Narendra Modi on Kashmir isses."

      An archive of the tweet can be found here.

      Kashmiri Hindus living abroad surrounded @RahulGandhi while travelling in an airplane and asked why he opposed @narendramodi on #Kashmir issues. pic.twitter.com/ihRZvutvum

      — Organiser Weekly (@eOrganiser) July 1, 2022

      The video was also tweeted by filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri, but was later deleted. He made and released the movie 'The Kashmir Files' on the issue of Kashmiri Pandits, and often raises the issue on social media.

      BOOM found several posts on social media sharing this with Hindi claims.

      The claim can be found below.

      Hindi (original)English (Literal translation)

      विदेश में रह रहे कश्मीरी पंडितों ने हवाई जहाज में यात्रा के दौरान Rahul Gandhi को घेर कर सवाल पूछे कि वो कश्मीर के मामलों पर मोदी का विरोध क्यों करते हैं?

      इसका कोई जवाब राहुल गांधी नहीं दे पाया, राष्ट्रीय मीडिया शायद ही ये न्यूज़ दिखा पाए क्यों की भारत की मीडिया सच दिखाती ही नही

      Kashmiri Hindus living abroad surrounded Rahul Gandhi while travelling in an airplane and asked why he opposed Narendra Modi on Kashmir issues

      Rahul Gandhi could not answer this; national media will probably not show this as Indian media never shows the truth

      Posts can be seen below.




      FactCheck

      BOOM found that the video is from 2019 and happened on a flight leaving Srinagar, less than three weeks after Article 370 and 35A were abrogated, which gave the former state of Jammu and Kashmir a special status in the Indian polity.

      BOOM confirmed with a reporter who was present on the same flight that the video is from August 2019, with the flight going in the morning but returning three hours later on the same day. The flight also had leaders like Sitaram Yechury and Ghulam Nabi Azad.

      This video was quote tweeted by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Rahul Gandhi's sister and a General Secretary within the Congress, and was originally tweeted by journalist Arun Kumar Singh.

      Singh has the caption on the tweet, "श्रीनगर से वापस आते वक्त फ्लाइट में एक महिला RahulGandhi से अपनी मुश्किल बताते हुए।" (translated: "on the flight from Srinagar, a woman telling Rahul Gandhi about her problems").

      Gandhi Vadra also tweeted the video with a similar caption

      How long is this going to continue?This is one out of millions of people who are being silenced and crushed in the name of "Nationalism".

      For those who accuse the opposition of 'politicising' this issue: https://t.co/IMLmnTtbLb

      — Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) August 25, 2019

      The same was also aired by various news channels including ABP news and NDTV

      Similarly, ABP news' reporting can be found here.

      It can also be seen reported here by Outlook and India Today.

      While BOOM was not able to independently verify whether the woman seen speaking in the video is a Kashmiri Pandit, we were able to confirm that she is not chastising Rahul Gandhi but telling him about the plight of Kashmiris in Srinagar because of the lockdown imposed due to the abrogation of Article 370.


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      Jammu & KashmirSrinagarRahul GandhiKashmiri PanditArticle 370
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      Claim :   A woman is chastising Rahul Gandhi on a plane on Kashmir
      Claimed By :  Organiser, users of social media
      Fact Check :  False
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