{"id":100324,"date":"2021-08-13T16:45:51","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T11:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=100324"},"modified":"2021-08-13T16:45:51","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T11:15:51","slug":"fake-tweet-of-rahul-gandhi-asking-why-neeraj-chopra-standing-on-second-position-instead-of-winning-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-tweet-of-rahul-gandhi-asking-why-neeraj-chopra-standing-on-second-position-instead-of-winning-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake, satirical tweet on Neeraj Chopra&#8217;s podium position viral in Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Indian sportspersons performed splendidly in the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics, bringing home a total of seven medals. On August 7, athlete Neeraj Chopra <a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/hindi\/india-news\/neeraj-chopra-with-stunning-javelin-throw-gold-indias-first-athletics-medal-at-tokyo-olympics\/2306409\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made history<\/a> by winning a gold medal in javelin throw. Following this, a screenshot of an alleged tweet attributed to Rahul Gandhi began circulating widely. The tweet reads, &#8220;Is it right to stand at number two even after coming first? Please answer, Modi ji&#8221;. The tweet contains a photo of Neeraj Chopra with two players who clinched second and third positions from the Czech Republic. Chopra is standing in the middle on the podium. Users are sharing the image while mocking the Congress leader.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter user &#8216;Narendra Modi Fan&#8217; has tweeted the screenshot. The post amassed 258 retweets at the time of writing. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210811074251\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi177\/status\/1424410891324297221\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">Via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RahulGandhi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RahulGandhi<\/a> \u091c\u0935\u093e\u092c \u0926\u094b \u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u091c\u0940 \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude02\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6tKK5HOG9m\">pic.twitter.com\/6tKK5HOG9m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Narendra Modi fan (@narendramodi177) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi177\/status\/1424410891324297221?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A cursory look at replies to the tweet shows that people believe Rahul Gandhi genuinely posted the tweet in question.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-100324 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-tweet-of-rahul-gandhi-asking-why-neeraj-chopra-standing-on-second-position-instead-of-winning-gold\/8499556a-8fe4-471d-af00-1b7051df6a3e\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"669\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/8499556a-8fe4-471d-af00-1b7051df6a3e.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/8499556a-8fe4-471d-af00-1b7051df6a3e.png 669w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/8499556a-8fe4-471d-af00-1b7051df6a3e-300x99.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-tweet-of-rahul-gandhi-asking-why-neeraj-chopra-standing-on-second-position-instead-of-winning-gold\/9bcdfe45-21e3-4f8e-be9f-e1c9c2c4b5d3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"207\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/9bcdfe45-21e3-4f8e-be9f-e1c9c2c4b5d3.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/9bcdfe45-21e3-4f8e-be9f-e1c9c2c4b5d3.png 663w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/9bcdfe45-21e3-4f8e-be9f-e1c9c2c4b5d3-300x94.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-tweet-of-rahul-gandhi-asking-why-neeraj-chopra-standing-on-second-position-instead-of-winning-gold\/eff5546a-f4d0-41c7-814b-1a0c95de3f3c\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"657\" height=\"359\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/eff5546a-f4d0-41c7-814b-1a0c95de3f3c.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/eff5546a-f4d0-41c7-814b-1a0c95de3f3c.png 657w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/eff5546a-f4d0-41c7-814b-1a0c95de3f3c-300x164.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>A Twitter user named Sonia Chaudhury also shared the screenshot.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092b\u0938\u094d\u091f \u0906\u0915\u0930 \u092d\u0940 \u0926\u0942\u0938\u0930\u0947 \u0928\u092e\u094d\u092c\u0930 \u092a\u0947 \u0916\u0921\u093c\u0947 \u0939\u094b\u0928\u093e \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0938\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948 ?<br \/>\n\u091c\u0935\u093e\u092c \u0926\u094b \u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u091c\u0940..<br \/>\n\u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0924\u094b \u0938\u0924\u094d\u0924\u093e \u091b\u094b\u0921\u093c \u0926\u094b&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mvPDTZpzPH\">pic.twitter.com\/mvPDTZpzPH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Soniya Chaudhary (@advocatesoniya) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/advocatesoniya\/status\/1424586555591520268?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The image is viral on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/photos\/?q=first%20aake%20bhi%20dusre%20number%20pe%20khada%20hona%20kya%20sahi%20hai%20%3F%20jawab%20do%20modi%20ji&amp;sde=AbpSOT8ojBfabhU1__G9GWfcUINmKxB_vnF7bpzQ3zEgVshrsQ5X5qynUvoZX_qAhaDZ_64FL1PiNmEYVGBBTynXrKhpb8JWLItMvKqWVNcGgU-S6ddH_E4drMoLNwrObQVux-x8HtxQoUQ5qg-5eYUUK_pgihMJYIm43fqrGct9ccdvoE4uN2XPCiXVxkE4vnXvu7u3-02oBWyJFl_FaWQF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-100325 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-25.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-25.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-25-300x103.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-25-768x263.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Satirical post believed to be true<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The tweet in the alleged screenshot is dated August 5. Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal in javelin throw two days later, on August 7. This itself establishes that the tweet is fake.<\/p>\n<p>On August 5, Rahul Gandhi had posted three tweets, including one that was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RahulGandhi\/status\/1423242774615265283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted at 4:51 PM<\/a>. This has the same timestamp as the one in the viral screenshot. This tweet reads, &#8220;Great going, Ravi Dahiya! Congratulations on wrestling your way to the Silver.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The text and the image in the viral tweet are not aligned. If one compares this tweet with a genuine tweet by Rahul Gandhi, one would notice that the tweet text and image perfectly align.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-100364 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Video-Full-HD-1920x1080-px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1420\" height=\"1071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Video-Full-HD-1920x1080-px.jpg 1420w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Video-Full-HD-1920x1080-px-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Video-Full-HD-1920x1080-px-1024x772.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Video-Full-HD-1920x1080-px-768x579.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1420px) 100vw, 1420px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A morphed tweet created for satire to mock Rahul Gandhi was believed to be true.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian sportspersons performed splendidly in the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics, bringing home a total of seven medals. On August 7, athlete Neeraj Chopra made history by winning a gold medal in javelin throw. Following this, a screenshot of an alleged tweet attributed to Rahul Gandhi began circulating widely. The tweet reads, &#8220;Is it right to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":100327,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[664],"class_list":["post-100324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fake, satirical tweet on Neeraj Chopra&#039;s podium position viral in Rahul Gandhi&#039;s name - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fake, satirical tweet on Neeraj Chopra&#039;s podium position viral in Rahul Gandhi&#039;s name - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Indian sportspersons performed splendidly in the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics, bringing home a total of seven medals. 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