{"id":131348,"date":"2022-10-01T15:28:18","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T09:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=131348"},"modified":"2022-10-01T15:28:18","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T09:58:18","slug":"fact-check-did-rahul-gandhi-refuse-to-offer-hindu-deity-durga-aarti-clipped-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-rahul-gandhi-refuse-to-offer-hindu-deity-durga-aarti-clipped-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Rahul refuse to perform &#8216;aarti&#8217; to Hindu deity Durga? Clipped video shared with false claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the middle of the Navratri festivities, a 23-second video of Congress leader and MP Rahul Gandhi has gone viral on social media. Due to the poor quality of the video, only the Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s face is clearly visible. After performing the aarti, the person standing to Gandhi\u2019s right does not pass him the aarti thali, instead handing it to the person standing to his left. Sharing this, it is being claimed that Rahul Gandhi refused to perform the aarti.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Filmmaker and BJP supporter Ashoke Pandit tweeted the video and wrote that Rahul Gandhi, who had donned a janeu in the past, was now refusing to do the aarti. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/62RnD\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/2022-10-01-14_50_39-Ashoke-Pandit-on-Twitter_-_\u091c\u0928\u094c\u0927\u0930\u0940-\u0930\u093e\u0939\u0941\u0932-\u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940-\u0906\u0930\u0924\u0940-\u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947-\u0938\u0947-\u092e\u0928\u093e-\u0915\u0930\u0924\u0947-\u0939\u0941\u090f-\u0915\u093e\u0930\u0923-\u0938.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-131509\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/2022-10-01-14_50_39-Ashoke-Pandit-on-Twitter_-_\u091c\u0928\u094c\u0927\u0930\u0940-\u0930\u093e\u0939\u0941\u0932-\u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940-\u0906\u0930\u0924\u0940-\u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947-\u0938\u0947-\u092e\u0928\u093e-\u0915\u0930\u0924\u0947-\u0939\u0941\u090f-\u0915\u093e\u0930\u0923-\u0938.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"679\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/2022-10-01-14_50_39-Ashoke-Pandit-on-Twitter_-_\u091c\u0928\u094c\u0927\u0930\u0940-\u0930\u093e\u0939\u0941\u0932-\u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940-\u0906\u0930\u0924\u0940-\u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947-\u0938\u0947-\u092e\u0928\u093e-\u0915\u0930\u0924\u0947-\u0939\u0941\u090f-\u0915\u093e\u0930\u0923-\u0938.jpg 679w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/2022-10-01-14_50_39-Ashoke-Pandit-on-Twitter_-_\u091c\u0928\u094c\u0927\u0930\u0940-\u0930\u093e\u0939\u0941\u0932-\u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940-\u0906\u0930\u0924\u0940-\u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947-\u0938\u0947-\u092e\u0928\u093e-\u0915\u0930\u0924\u0947-\u0939\u0941\u090f-\u0915\u093e\u0930\u0923-\u0938-300x287.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">BJP supporter and columnist Himanshu Jain also tweeted the clip, saying, &#8220;This is how selective Hindus, who secure votes by appeasing the Hindu and Muslims vote banks, are exposed. They do not even know how to perform the aarti for the mother goddess.\u201d It is worth noting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi follows Jain on Twitter. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/7SMOY\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/2022-10-01-14_58_34-Heman-Namo-\u0ab9\u0abf\u0aae\u0abe\u0a82\u0ab6\u0ac1-\u0a9c\u0ac8\u0aa8-on-Twitter_-_\u091c\u092c-\u0906\u092a-\u0915\u094b-\u0915\u0941\u0930\u094d\u0938\u0940-\u091a\u093e\u0939\u093f\u090f-\u0914\u0930-\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0942-\u092e\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093f\u092e-\u0915\u0930\u0915\u0947.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-131519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/2022-10-01-14_58_34-Heman-Namo-\u0ab9\u0abf\u0aae\u0abe\u0a82\u0ab6\u0ac1-\u0a9c\u0ac8\u0aa8-on-Twitter_-_\u091c\u092c-\u0906\u092a-\u0915\u094b-\u0915\u0941\u0930\u094d\u0938\u0940-\u091a\u093e\u0939\u093f\u090f-\u0914\u0930-\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0942-\u092e\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093f\u092e-\u0915\u0930\u0915\u0947.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"617\" height=\"689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/2022-10-01-14_58_34-Heman-Namo-\u0ab9\u0abf\u0aae\u0abe\u0a82\u0ab6\u0ac1-\u0a9c\u0ac8\u0aa8-on-Twitter_-_\u091c\u092c-\u0906\u092a-\u0915\u094b-\u0915\u0941\u0930\u094d\u0938\u0940-\u091a\u093e\u0939\u093f\u090f-\u0914\u0930-\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0942-\u092e\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093f\u092e-\u0915\u0930\u0915\u0947.jpg 617w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/2022-10-01-14_58_34-Heman-Namo-\u0ab9\u0abf\u0aae\u0abe\u0a82\u0ab6\u0ac1-\u0a9c\u0ac8\u0aa8-on-Twitter_-_\u091c\u092c-\u0906\u092a-\u0915\u094b-\u0915\u0941\u0930\u094d\u0938\u0940-\u091a\u093e\u0939\u093f\u090f-\u0914\u0930-\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0942-\u092e\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0932\u093f\u092e-\u0915\u0930\u0915\u0947-269x300.jpg 269w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another user tweeted this video and wrote that Rahul Gandhi was not singing bhajans and then refused to perform the aarti. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/ls9q5\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-131351\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/09\/4-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"950\" height=\"1008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/09\/4-5.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/09\/4-5-283x300.jpg 283w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/09\/4-5-768x815.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Several <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/qu8Qr\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">other Twitter users<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> amplified the video with the same claim. It is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/kY6IC\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">widespread<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on social media platforms.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-131348 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><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-did-rahul-gandhi-refuse-to-offer-hindu-deity-durga-aarti-clipped-video\/6-57\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"954\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/09\/6-4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/09\/6-4.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/09\/6-4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/09\/6-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/09\/6-4-768x771.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/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-did-rahul-gandhi-refuse-to-offer-hindu-deity-durga-aarti-clipped-video\/5-69\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"932\" height=\"1018\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/09\/5-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/09\/5-5.jpg 932w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/09\/5-5-275x300.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/09\/5-5-768x839.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 932px) 100vw, 932px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b>Fact-check<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alt News performed a reverse image search using frames taken from the viral video. This led us to a longer version of the viral clip posted on a Facebook page titled &#8216;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=10155777903152500\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With RG<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8216;. It is seen here that after performing the aarti, Rahul Gandhi hands over the aarti thali to Congress leader Ashok Gehlot, who is standing next to him. This 52 second video was uploaded on September 27, 2017. The caption reads, &#8220;Rahul Gandhi at Garba Pandal in Rajkot.&#8221; Scenes from the viral video appear between the 0:29 and 0:52-minute mark. Since Rahul Gandhi had already performed the aarti, he was not handed the aarti thali later on.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/withRG\/videos\/10155777903152500\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/withRG\/videos\/10155777903152500\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/withRG\/videos\/10155777903152500\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rahul Gandhi at Garba Pandal in Rajkot !<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withRG\">With RG<\/a> on Tuesday, 26 September 2017<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Using this information as a clue, Alt News performed a keyword search on Twitter. We found a tweet by India Today journalist Supriya Bhardwaj dated September 27, 2017. Here, Rahul Gandhi can be seen performing the aarti. This is visible only in the first frame of the video. In other words, the source video has been cropped and is being shared with a misleading claim.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"sl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RahulGandhi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RahulGandhi<\/a> performed puja at Garba pandal in Rajkot .<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aajtak?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@aajtak<\/a> .<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SATAVRAJEEV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SATAVRAJEEV<\/a> .<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BharatSolankee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BharatSolankee<\/a> .@sushmitadevmp .<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndiaToday?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IndiaToday<\/a> .<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shaktisinhgohil?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@shaktisinhgohil<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PCbHztqRCu\">pic.twitter.com\/PCbHztqRCu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Supriya Bhardwaj (@Supriya23bh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Supriya23bh\/status\/912747554403622912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 26, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Congress leader Saral Patel shared the following photographs on Twitter on September 27, 2017.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">Rahul Gandhi ends with Aarti &amp; blessings of Ambe Maa at Navratri Pandal, Neel City, Rajkot! \ud83d\udd49 \ud83d\ude4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nga9GFP1Zo\">pic.twitter.com\/nga9GFP1Zo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Saral Patel #BharatJodoYatra (@SaralPatel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaralPatel\/status\/912746379654553601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 26, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To sum up, filmmaker Ashoke Pandit and BJP supporter Himanshu Jain among other users shared an old, clipped video of Rahul Gandhi with the false claim that the Congress leader refused to perform the aarti for Hindu deity Durga.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the middle of the Navratri festivities, a 23-second video of Congress leader and MP Rahul Gandhi has gone viral on social media. Due to the poor quality of the video, only the Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s face is clearly visible. After performing the aarti, the person standing to Gandhi\u2019s right does not pass him the aarti [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":131481,"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-131348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-featured","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Did Rahul refuse to perform &#039;aarti&#039; to Hindu deity Durga? 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