{"id":125060,"date":"2022-08-10T14:43:28","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T09:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=125060"},"modified":"2022-08-10T14:47:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T09:17:50","slug":"fact-check-bjp-leaders-share-clipped-video-of-rahul-gandhi-fight-against-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-bjp-leaders-share-clipped-video-of-rahul-gandhi-fight-against-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"Clipped video of Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s press conference amplified by BJP leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A four-second video clip of Rahul Gandhi is viral on social media. Here, he can be heard saying, &#8220;We are fighting against India\u2019s entire infrastructure.&#8221; BJP leaders, workers, and social media users are circulating this video, calling the remark dangerous and anti-national.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">BJP IT cell in-charge Amit Malviya tweeted this short clip of Rahul Gandhi and wrote, &#8220;If Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s prater were not puerile, they would be deeply dangerous.&#8221; (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/dPgG4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If Rahul Gandhi\u2019s prater weren\u2019t puerile, they would be deeply dangerous\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QISIDV3xTn\">pic.twitter.com\/QISIDV3xTn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amitmalviya\/status\/1555551306420477953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">BJP worker Priti Gandhi also amplified this clip and added that Rahul Gandhi is fighting against the entire infrastructure of India. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/tcNIE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0930\u093e\u0939\u0941\u0932 \u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940 \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u0942\u0930\u0947 \u0907\u0902\u092b\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0938\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930\u0915\u094d\u091a\u0930 \u0915\u0947 \u0916\u093f\u0932\u093e\u092b \u0932\u0921\u093c \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902!<\/p>\n<p>\u0910\u0938\u093e \u092e\u0948\u0902 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902, \u0935\u0947 \u0938\u094d\u0935\u092f\u0902 \u0915\u0939 \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/svbsWmsHpP\">pic.twitter.com\/svbsWmsHpP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Priti Gandhi &#8211; \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0940\u0924\u093f \u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940 (@MrsGandhi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrsGandhi\/status\/1555419834795429888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">BJP Delhi treasurer Visshnu Mittal also made a similar claim while tweeting the video. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/ZoPgw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0938\u094d\u0935\u093e\u092d\u093e\u0935\u093f\u0915 \u0939\u0948 \u0930\u093e\u0939\u0941\u0932 \u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940 \u0915\u093f \u0906\u092a\u0915\u094b \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0915\u093e \u0935\u093f\u0915\u093e\u0938 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0938\u0941\u0939\u093e\u0924\u093e\u0964 \u091a\u0940\u0928 \u0938\u0947 \u090f\u092e\u0913\u092f\u0942 \u0938\u093e\u0907\u0928 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0915\u094b \u092d\u0932\u093e \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u0915\u093e \u0907\u0902\u092b\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0938\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930\u0915\u094d\u091a\u0930 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0905\u091a\u094d\u091b\u093e \u0932\u0917\u0947\u0917\u093e\u0964 \u0906\u092a \u0932\u0921\u093c\u093f\u090f \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0915\u0947 \u0907\u0902\u092b\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0938\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930\u0915\u094d\u091a\u0930 \u0915\u0947 \u0916\u093f\u0932\u093e\u092b, \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0906\u092a\u0915\u094b \u0907\u0938 \u0932\u093e\u092f\u0915 \u091b\u094b\u0921\u093c\u0947\u0917\u093e \u0939\u0940 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0915\u093f \u0906\u092a\u0915\u0947 \u0915\u0941\u091b \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u0941\u091b \u092b\u0930\u094d\u0915 \u092a\u0921\u093c \u0938\u0915\u0947\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jtBGrqBBZ4\">pic.twitter.com\/jtBGrqBBZ4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Visshnu Mittal (@visshnumittal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/visshnumittal\/status\/1555433050883862529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2022<\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Similarly, many social media handles including <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/2PxmX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">BJP Maharashtra<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Maldhari Sena Gujarat president <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/3WLXp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dinesh Desai<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and author <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/xr1lb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ravi Ranjan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> tweeted this video with the same claim.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-125060 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\/fact-check-bjp-leaders-share-clipped-video-of-rahul-gandhi-fight-against-infrastructure\/r3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/r3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/r3.jpg 718w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/r3-300x148.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/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\/fact-check-bjp-leaders-share-clipped-video-of-rahul-gandhi-fight-against-infrastructure\/r2-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"712\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/r2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/r2.jpg 712w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/r2-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><\/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-bjp-leaders-share-clipped-video-of-rahul-gandhi-fight-against-infrastructure\/r1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"736\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/r1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/r1.jpg 597w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/r1-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alt News closely examined Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s YouTube channel to gather more information on this video. The full video of this press conference was uploaded on Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s YouTube channel on August 4. We listened to the press conference in its entirety.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Responding to a question asked at the 11:30 minute mark, Rahul says, &#8220;The opposition that fights in democracy fights on the strength of the institution. This means that the opposition derives its power from the country\u2019s legal structure, judicial structure, electoral structure, and the media. All these institutions are giving full support to the government. Why? Because the government has installed its own workers inside these institutions. Today, not a single institution in India is independent. Today, every institution in India is under RSS control. Every institution has at least one RSS member sitting inside these institutions. So, we are not fighting a single political party, <\/span><b>we are fighting against India\u2019s entire infrastructure<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. When Congress was in power, the infrastructure was neutral, we did not control the infrastructure. Two or three political parties would compete against each other. Today, the infrastructure belongs to the government, it belongs entirely to one party. The country\u2019s financial infrastructure belongs to them. If anyone wants to support another political party, they are threatened and intimidated by bodies like the ED and CBI. Then there is the financial monopoly held by the BJP and the institutional monopoly of the RSS. That&#8217;s why the opposition is effectively and aggressively coming forward, but the impact that this should have had is not visible.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<iframe style=\"width:100%; height:auto; aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" title=\"Press Briefing | Nationwide Protests by Congress | AICC HQ | New Delhi | #\u092e\u0939\u0902\u0917\u093e\u0908_\u092a\u0930_\u0939\u0932\u094d\u0932\u093e_\u092c\u094b\u0932\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MvvwGpUp-zc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Evidently, BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya and various other BJP supporters took a small clip from Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s press briefing and shared it out of context.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is not the first time that the BJP IT cell in-charge has been found spreading misleading information. In the past, Alt News has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?s=amit+malviya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debunked many instances<\/a> of Amit Malviya sharing false information.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A four-second video clip of Rahul Gandhi is viral on social media. Here, he can be heard saying, &#8220;We are fighting against India\u2019s entire infrastructure.&#8221; BJP leaders, workers, and social media users are circulating this video, calling the remark dangerous and anti-national. BJP IT cell in-charge Amit Malviya tweeted this short clip of Rahul Gandhi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":125070,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[701],"class_list":["post-125060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-featured","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/08\/2022-08-10-13_07_23-Untitled-design-51.jpg-1200\u00d7628-Brave.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125060"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125095,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125060\/revisions\/125095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125060"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=125060"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=125060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}