A video of Rahul Gandhi cutting a cake with Manmohan Singh has been shared on social media with the claim that Gandhi did not let the former PM cut his own birthday cake.
He was not even allowed to cut his own birthday cake.
Only fools and stupid liberals will believe that he was allowed to run the Government for ten long years 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/bWkgLPa2Wk
— C T Ravi 🇮🇳 ಸಿ ಟಿ ರವಿ (@CTRavi_BJP) September 22, 2021
He was not able to cut even his birthday cake on his own?!🙆🙆 pic.twitter.com/5VSOF3fdIg
— Priti Gandhi – प्रीति गांधी (@MrsGandhi) September 22, 2021
The video was also shared earlier in May.
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जिसको अपने जन्मदिन पर केक तक नही काटने देते थे सोचो उसने 10 सालो तक सरकार कैसे चलाई होगी
😃😃बस इनको एक ऐसा ही गुलाम चाहिए था और मिल भी गया😄😃😀
PM, की असली शक्ति क्या होती है ये तो आज पता चल रही है और इसलिए ही ये पप्पू खान और गुलाम परेशान हैं
😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/t3y75GGFnL
— हिन्दू राजेश परिहार🚩❤️🙏 (@RajeshParihar1P) May 28, 2021
It had been circulating on Facebook. Alt News received verification requests for the video on its WhatsApp helpline number (+91 76000 11160).
Clip was viral in 2019 on Dr Singh’s birthday
Dr Manmohan Singh’s birthday is on September 26 and the video was shared two years ago on the occasion. Rishi Bagree tweeted the video and wrote, “#ManmohanSingh is not even free to cut his own cake.” The video had been viewed over one lakh times and drew nearly 7,000 likes.
#ManmohanSingh is not even free to cut his own cake. pic.twitter.com/ziIjvFpdlS
— Rishi Bagree ऋषि 🇮🇳 (@rishibagree) September 26, 2019
Shefali Vaidya also tweeted the video saying, “MMS doesn’t even have the authority to cut his own birthday cake before @RahulGandhi leads his hand! Imagine how he ‘ran’ the govt for 10 years!!”
Hmmm, MMS doesn’t even have the authority to cut his own birthday cake before @RahulGandhi leads his hand! Imagine how he ‘ran’ the govt for 10 years!! pic.twitter.com/jl9u7r5eqv
— Shefali Vaidya ஷெஃபாலி வைத்யா शेफाली वैद्य (@ShefVaidya) September 26, 2019
The clip was circulated on Facebook. From the page ‘Arnab Fan Club‘ it received 27,000 views.
Manmohan Singh is not even free to cut his own cake.
Posted by Arnab Fan Club on Thursday, 26 September 2019
It was, in fact, viral on Facebook.
Unrelated video from 2018
Incidentally, the same video was tweeted by Bagree in 2018 as well.
गाँधी परिवार इनको अपना केक तक नही काटने देते है,
सरकार क्या खाक चलाने दिए होंगे pic.twitter.com/ROaOf6TQFV— Rishi Bagree ऋषि 🇮🇳 (@rishibagree) December 28, 2018
This video was uploaded by the official page of Congress on December 27, 2018, on the occasion of the party’s foundation day.
The video was also reported by the media.
An old video of Rahul Gandhi and Manmohan Singh was shared on social media to claim that Gandhi did not allow the former PM to cut his birthday cake.
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