{"id":118702,"date":"2022-05-22T08:12:34","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T02:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=118702"},"modified":"2022-05-22T08:12:34","modified_gmt":"2022-05-22T02:42:34","slug":"fact-check-congress-leader-adhir-ranjan-chowdhurys-tweet-on-rajiv-gandhis-death-anniversary-is-fake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-congress-leader-adhir-ranjan-chowdhurys-tweet-on-rajiv-gandhis-death-anniversary-is-fake\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact-check: Is INC leader Adhir Chowdhury’s controversial tweet on Rajiv Gandhi ‘fake’?"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the death anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, Congress leader Adhir Chowdhury posted a tweet that attributed the following quote to Gandhi: “When a big tree falls, the ground shakes.” It must be noted that this was said by the former Prime Minister<\/a> about the violence that occurred after Indira Gandhi’s assassination in 1984.<\/p>\n

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He subsequently took down his tweet but tweeted the graphic again with a different quote that talked about development.<\/p>\n

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pic.twitter.com\/crBgIaMaiW<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Adhir Chowdhury (@adhirrcinc) May 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He further said in another tweet that the earlier quote ascribed to Gandhi has “nothing to do with my own observations” and a “malicious campaign” has been propagated by unfriendly forces. (Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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a malicious campaign is propagated by those forces inimical to me.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Adhir Chowdhury (@adhirrcinc) May 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Many users claimed that the earlier graphic was fake<\/a>.<\/p>\n