Rahul Gandhi, born on June 19, 1970, in New Delhi, is an Indian politician associated with the Indian National Congress (INC). He has held various positions within the party and has been a Member of Parliament (MP) representing different constituencies. Gandhi served as the president of the Indian National Congress from December 2017 to July 2019. Gandhi's political career began when he contested and won the 14th general elections from the constituency of Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, in 2004. He subsequently won re-election in the general elections held in 2009 and 2014.
Misinformation around Gandhi and his party Indian National Congress (INC) has been viral online. This includes cropped images to edited videos. A video purportedly showing Rahul Gandhi announcing his resignation from the Congress began circulating online recently. BOOM found that the video had been altered, and the original depicted Gandhi filing his nomination for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Wayanad, Kerala.
Similarly, another false claim emerged when an old video resurfaced, falsely suggesting that Pakistani flags were being waved at a rally in support of Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad, Kerala. However, BOOM's debunked this claim, confirming that the flags were actually those of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), a political party based in Kerala.
Another instance involved a video falsely linked to a Congress-Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) rally in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. BOOM found that the original video was actually depicting a Christian festival in Andhra Pradesh. Similarly, a cropped video purportedly showing Mallikarjun Kharge stating that the Congress party divides the country based on caste was found to be manipulated. In the full-length version, Kharge was actually attributing the statement to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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- By Srijit Das | 13 Aug 2023 1:12 PM GMT
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- By Shrey Banerjee | 6 Aug 2023 11:26 AM GMT
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- By Ritika Jain | 4 Aug 2023 8:48 AM GMT
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- By Srijit Das | 13 July 2023 1:09 PM GMT
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- By Srijit Das & Anmol Alphonso | 13 July 2023 10:12 AM GMT
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- By Ritika Jain | 7 July 2023 5:47 AM GMT
Satire Tweet About Rahul Gandhi Meeting Kuki Militants Shared As Real
- By Hazel Gandhi | 30 Jun 2023 2:01 PM GMT
Video From Uttar Pradesh Viral As Naked Woman Chasing Police In Manipur
- By Srijit Das | 28 Jun 2023 12:50 PM GMT
Morphed Photo Of Rahul Gandhi On TIME Magazine Cover Viral
- By Hazel Gandhi | 9 Jun 2023 11:48 AM GMT
Fake Graphics Claim Kohli Praised Rahul Gandhi For Karnataka Poll Results
- By Anmol Alphonso | 13 May 2023 2:25 PM GMT