Did Rahul Gandhi credit Mahatma Gandhi for drafting India’s Constitution? No, viral video is clipped

A 25-second clip, where Congress leader Rahul Gandhi appears to say that Mahatma Gandhi created the Indian Constitution, is viral on social media. In the video, he is heard saying, “Who created the Constitution? Gandhiji gave his life, created the Constitution”. It is being shared by social media users with sarcastic remarks against the Opposition leader.

Alt News has not embedded the video in the story since it contains an expletive, but it can be accessed here.

X user Deepak Sharma (@SonOfBharat7) posted the clip on August 23 with a caption in Hindi that translates to: “The Constitution was made by Gandhi Ji ✍️ – Rahul Gandhi. Listen up, Congress Bhimto…don’t ask again. Your master has already told you 🖐️”. At the time of writing this report, this post had nearly 70,000 views and was reposted 1,900 times. (Archive)

Readers should also note that user @SonOfBharat7 has amplified misinformation several times in the past.

Another X user, @TheBahubali_IND, also shared the video with the same caption. This user’s post received over 133,000 views and was reposted 3,800 times at the time of writing this. (Archive)

Fact Check

It is widely known that India’s Constitution was drafted by a Constituent Assembly headed by Dalit leader Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar. To verify whether Rahul Gandhi said that Mahatma Gandhi drafted the Constitution, we broke down the viral clip into multiple keyframes and did a reverse image search on some of them.

This led us to a YouTube video posted on Rahul Gandhi’s official channel on August 21, 2025. The 22:25-minute-long video titled “LIVE: Voter Adhikar Yatra | Munger | Bihar” shows the Congress leader in the same attire as in the viral clip. Here, he is seen delivering a speech in Bihar’s Munger. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav can also be seen in the background.

At the 19:59-minute mark of the video, the bit that is now viral begins. The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha is heard saying, “Who created the Constitution? Ambedkar ji gave his whole life and created the Constitution. Gandhiji gave his life and created the Constitution. This vote theft is an attack on the Constitution… Each and every citizen should be aware that this Constitution keeps you safe; this is your voice that Narendra Modi and Adani are trying to suppress. They want to destroy Ambedkar ji’s Constitution. We will never let it (the Constitution) get wiped out…”

However, in the viral clip, the line “Ambedkarji gave his whole life and created the Constitution” in the beginning is clipped. In the longer version, Gandhi clearly mentions Dr B R Ambedkar’s name before Mahatma Gandhi. He reiterates the same again later.

Thus, the viral video where Rahul Gandhi is heard saying it was Mahatma Gandhi who created the Indian Constitution has been clipped. The Congress leader mentions Ambedkar and later Gandhi.