{"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&#8217;s controversial tweet on Rajiv Gandhi &#8216;fake&#8217;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the death anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, Congress leader Adhir Chowdhury posted a tweet that attributed the following quote to Gandhi: &#8220;When a big tree falls, the ground shakes.&#8221; It must be noted that this was <a href=\"https:\/\/scroll.in\/video\/1558\/watch-rajiv-gandhi-make-his-infamous-big-tree-falls-speech-justifying-the-1984-anti-sikh-riots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said by the former Prime Minister<\/a> about the violence that occurred after Indira Gandhi&#8217;s assassination in 1984.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-118703 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/FTQ1PRZaMAAjxfT.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/FTQ1PRZaMAAjxfT.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/FTQ1PRZaMAAjxfT-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/FTQ1PRZaMAAjxfT-817x1024.jpg 817w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/FTQ1PRZaMAAjxfT-768x962.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He subsequently took down his tweet but tweeted the graphic again with a different quote that talked about development.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/crBgIaMaiW\">pic.twitter.com\/crBgIaMaiW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adhir Chowdhury (@adhirrcinc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adhirrcinc\/status\/1527898217232203777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He further said in another tweet that the earlier quote ascribed to Gandhi has &#8220;nothing to do with my own observations&#8221; and a &#8220;malicious campaign&#8221; has been propagated by unfriendly forces. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/OB8hR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">a malicious campaign is propagated by those forces inimical to me.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adhir Chowdhury (@adhirrcinc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adhirrcinc\/status\/1527912676353265665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Many users claimed that the earlier graphic was <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/8LS8c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fake<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-118702 gallery-columns-2 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\/fact-check-congress-leader-adhir-ranjan-chowdhurys-tweet-on-rajiv-gandhis-death-anniversary-is-fake\/rajivfake2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/rajivfake2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/rajivfake2.png 599w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/rajivfake2-300x191.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-congress-leader-adhir-ranjan-chowdhurys-tweet-on-rajiv-gandhis-death-anniversary-is-fake\/rajivfake\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"516\" height=\"873\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/rajivfake.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/rajivfake.jpg 516w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/rajivfake-177x300.jpg 177w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Journalist Aditya Menon had quote-tweeted Chowdhury&#8217;s earlier tweet and said, &#8220;This disgraceful tweet is something to be celebrated?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-118722\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-21-203029.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"673\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-21-203029.jpg 673w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-21-203029-300x124.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We searched the link of the deleted tweet on Twitter and found that several people had quote-tweeted it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-118756 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/quote.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/quote.jpg 672w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/quote-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The time 11:27 AM is visible on the viral screenshot. Chowdhury posted the subsequent tweet at 11:54 AM. With the help of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=to%3A%40adhirrcinc%20since%3A1653112620%20until%3A1653114180&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UNIX Epoch Time<\/a>, we searched for replies to Chowdhury&#8217;s tweets in the timeframe between 11:27 AM and 11:54 AM.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-118724 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-21-183816.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"673\" height=\"802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-21-183816.jpg 673w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-21-183816-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In one of the replies, Times Now journalist Siddharth Shekhar tagged the Twitter bot &#8216;Tweet Stamp&#8217;. The bot captured a snapshot of Chowdhury&#8217;s tweet and replied with a <a href=\"https:\/\/tweetstamp.org\/1527891193408806912\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link to the tweet stamp<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-118725 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-21-203950.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"897\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-21-203950.jpg 897w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-21-203950-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-21-203950-768x658.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 897px) 100vw, 897px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News checked the link of the &#8216;tweet stamp&#8217; that led us to the link of the viral graphic along with other details of the deleted tweet. The deleted infographic can be accessed via <a href=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FTQo8TWUAAIb6yj.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this link<\/a> which is live as of this writing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-118726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Untitled-design-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1077\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Untitled-design-1.jpg 1077w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Untitled-design-1-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Untitled-design-1-1024x597.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Untitled-design-1-768x448.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1077px) 100vw, 1077px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thus, the tweet where Adhir Chowdhury shared Rajiv Gandhi&#8217;s statement (\u201cwhen a big tree falls, the ground shakes\u201d) is not fake. It was a genuine tweet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the death anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, Congress leader Adhir Chowdhury posted a tweet that attributed the following quote to Gandhi: &#8220;When a big tree falls, the ground shakes.&#8221; It must be noted that this was said by the former Prime Minister about the violence that occurred after Indira Gandhi&#8217;s assassination in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":118728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[701],"class_list":["post-118702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-featured","fact_checks_claim_type-politics"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fact-check: Is INC leader Adhir Chowdhury&#039;s controversial tweet on Rajiv Gandhi &#039;fake&#039;? 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