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Many Congress leaders and supporters shared this picture, claiming that it was taken in Karnataka where a massive crowd purportedly gathered in support of Rahul Gandhi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Provincial President, Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee and MLA Virendra Chaudhary shared the picture, claiming that it showed scenes from a public gathering in Bellary as part of the Bharat Jodo Yatra being led by Rahul Gandhi. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/xqCPJ\"><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-133666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/w1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"950\" height=\"1022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/w1.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/w1-279x300.jpg 279w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/w1-768x826.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Congress national coordinator Ritu Chaodhary tweeted the picture and wrote that Rahul Gandhi was creating history. She claimed that the image was from the Karnataka leg of the Bharat Jodi Yatra. However, she later deleted the post. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/j5VwU\"><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-133665\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/w2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/w2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/w2-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/w2-768x705.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a now deleted tweet, Madhya Pradesh Congress president Jitendra Patwari also shared the image and wrote that it showed the massive crowd of supporters who gathered for the Bharat Jodo Yatra. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/urLTk\"><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-133664\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/w3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"794\" height=\"896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/w3.jpg 794w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/w3-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/w3-768x867.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Congress leader BM Sandeep also tweeted this picture with the same claim. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/QYnOK\"><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-133663\" style=\"max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/w4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"958\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/w4.jpg 958w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/w4-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/w4-768x705.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The viral photo was amplified <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/8oMYT\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">on social media platforms<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> with the same claim.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Fact-check<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alt News performed a reverse image search using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tineye.com\/search\/b4308312cb87069851d9687590f0e40fb8068db4?sort=score&amp;order=desc&amp;page=2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TinEye<\/span><\/a> and <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">found another version of the viral image on the results page, a part of which was being cropped and circulated as Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s Bharat Jodo Yatra gathering. This picture was uploaded on a website called Christ For All Nation (CFAN).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-133662\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/w5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/w5.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/w5-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/w5-768x573.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When we clicked on this link, we noticed that it was broken. When we looked up the archived version of the link, we found that the image was featured in CFAN\u2019s official press kit. It was archived <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20070516154249\/https:\/\/us.cfan.org\/Downloads\/Press-Kit.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">on May 16, 2007<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. However, since it was not properly archived, the picture does not appear in the 2007 archive, but is accessible on the one dated <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20090802170115\/https:\/\/us.cfan.org\/Downloads\/Press-Kit.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">August 2, 2009<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. To verify both the images, we matched the source codes of the images in both the archives and found that they were the same. In other words, this picture is at least 15-year old. This photo in the press kit is from Christian evangelist Reinhard Bonhke\u2019s missionary visit to Ogbomosho, Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-133661\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/w6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/w6.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/w6-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/w6-768x383.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Next, a keyword search led us to an image posted on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/evangelistreinhardbonnke\/posts\/pfbid02doKrjp9sMH6cEZwjD39NFXVgExyXXYKeWxF9ucd65Azw3wnZWqxYTMKWcnEELYVNl\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">official Facebook page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of Christian evangelist Reinhard Bonnke. It was clicked from a different angle than the viral picture. This picture in the post has been listed as the 2002 Crusade in Ogbomosho, Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-133660\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/w7-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1072\" height=\"962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/w7-1.jpg 1072w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/w7-1-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/w7-1-1024x919.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/10\/w7-1-768x689.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1072px) 100vw, 1072px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alt News cannot confirm when this picture was clicked. However, it is clear that the photo is at least 15-year old since it has been on the internet since the year 2007. We contacted CFAN to gather more information about this image. This article will be updated once Alt News receives a response from them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To sum it up, several Congress leaders shared an old picture of Christian evangelist Reinhard Bonnke&#8217;s religious gathering, falsely claiming that it was from the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Karnataka. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A picture of a gigantic crowd is viral on social media with the claim that it is a picture from the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Congress leader and MP Rahul Gandhi. 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