{"id":142641,"date":"2023-01-09T14:24:51","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T08:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=142641"},"modified":"2023-01-09T14:27:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T08:57:17","slug":"fact-check-obscene-bhojpuri-song-being-played-during-rahul-gandhis-bharat-jodo-yatra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-obscene-bhojpuri-song-being-played-during-rahul-gandhis-bharat-jodo-yatra\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctored clip: Bhojpuri song added to video of Rahul Gandhi attending concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;background-color: #ffffff;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;padding: 0pt 0pt 17pt 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">A video of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi sitting with Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot is viral on social media. The clip shows the two leaders attending a musical programme where two persons on the stage dance to an obscene Bhojpuri song.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u091c\u094b\u0921\u093c\u094b \u092f\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0930\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u091f\u093e\u0907\u091f \u0936\u0947\u0921\u094d\u092f\u0942\u0932 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0926 \u0925\u0915\u093e\u0935\u091f \u0926\u0942\u0930 \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u092a\u0939\u0932\u0947 \u0918\u0942\u0901\u0918\u091f\u093e \u0909\u0920\u093e\u092f\u093e \u092b\u093f\u0930 \u092a\u0947\u091f \u092a\u0930 \u0938\u0941\u0932\u093e\u092f\u093e \u091c\u0948\u0938\u093e \u0938\u092d\u094d\u092f \u0917\u093e\u0928\u093e \u0938\u0941\u0928\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0941\u090f \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u091c\u0940\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RKy2RBImhK\">pic.twitter.com\/RKy2RBImhK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wasim R Khan (@wasimkhan0730) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wasimkhan0730\/status\/1611257546320367617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;background-color: #ffffff;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;padding: 0pt 0pt 17pt 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">BJP Mumbai minority cell President Wasim R Khan tweeted the video, claiming that Rahul Gandhi was enjoying obscene Bhojpuri songs after Bharat Jodo Yatra. (<\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230107120249\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/wasimkhan0730\/status\/1611257546320367617\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;background-color: #ffffff;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;padding: 0pt 0pt 17pt 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Another user tweeted the video and wrote sarcastically that Rahul Gandhi was enjoying a patriotic cultural program following the Bharat Jodo Yatra. (<\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/qaOG4\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u091c\u094b\u0921\u093c\u094b \u092f\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0930\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0926<br \/>\n\u0930\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0930\u093f \u092e\u0947\u0902\ud83d\udc46\ud83c\udffb \u0926\u0947\u0936\u092d\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f \u092a\u0942\u0930\u094d\u0923 \u0938\u093e\u0902\u0938\u094d\u0915\u0943\u0924\u093f\u0915 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0930\u092e<br \/>\n\ud83d\ude04\ud83d\ude04 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BBtQ4N1Vc2\">pic.twitter.com\/BBtQ4N1Vc2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hasna Zaroori Hai (@HasnaZarooriHai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HasnaZarooriHai\/status\/1608369112887197702?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;background-color: #ffffff;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;padding: 0pt 0pt 17pt 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">National president of Rashtriya Hindu Ekta Sangathan Alpana Tomar shared this video and wrote that Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi were seen taking a break from the Bharat Jodo Yatra while an obscene Bhojpuri song was being played on stage. It was described as &#8216;the secret behind the padyatra&#8217;. (<\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/izsxR\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Archived link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\ud83d\udc4f\u0930\u093e\u091c\u0938\u094d\u0925\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u092f\u0936\u0938\u094d\u0935\u0940 \u092e\u0941\u0916\u094d\u092f\u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0917\u0939\u0932\u094b\u0924 \u091c\u0940 \u0914\u0930 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0915\u0947 \u0936\u0938\u0915\u094d\u0924 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0927\u093e\u0928\u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u092a\u0926 \u0915\u0947 \u0909\u092e\u094d\u092e\u0940\u0926\u0935\u093e\u0930 \u0906\u0926\u0930\u0923\u0940\u092f \u0930\u093e\u0939\u0941\u0932 \u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940 \u091c\u0940 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0939\u093f\u0924 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091c\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u092a\u0926\u092f\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0930\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u0926\u094c\u0930\u093e\u0928 \u0930\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0930\u093f \u0935\u093f\u0936\u094d\u0930\u093e\u092e \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0906\u0930\u093e\u092e \u092b\u0930\u092e\u093e\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0941\u090f\u0964\ud83e\udee3\ud83e\udee3<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc46\u092f\u0939 \u0939\u0948 100 \u0926\u093f\u0928 \u092a\u0926\u092f\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0930\u093e \u0915\u093e \u0938\u0940\u0915\u094d\u0930\u0947\u091f \u091c\u093f\u0938\u0947 \u092a\u0942\u0930\u093e \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0905\u0928\u091c\u093e\u0928 \u0925\u093e\u0964\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sV1yuQfY7H\">pic.twitter.com\/sV1yuQfY7H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alpana tomar\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\ude4f\ud83d\udea9 (@alpana_tomar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alpana_tomar\/status\/1610887148659707910?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.62;background-color: #ffffff;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;padding: 0pt 0pt 11pt 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt;font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif;color: #111111;background-color: transparent;font-weight: bold;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Fact Check<\/span><\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;background-color: #ffffff;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;padding: 0pt 0pt 17pt 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Alt News performed a keyword search, which led us to a December 16 article published by <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/punjabkesari.com\/rajasthan-news\/concert-organized-in-jaipur-on-completion-of-100-days-of-bharat-jodo-yatra-\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">Punjab Kesari<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">. As per the report, a concert was organized in Jaipur, Rajasthan to celebrate 100 days of the Bharat Jodo Yatra. Singer Sunidhi Chauhan performed at this program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;text-align: center;background-color: #ffffff;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;padding: 0pt 0pt 17pt 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\"><span style=\"border: none;overflow: hidden;width: 624px;height: 281px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 0px;margin-top: 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/Vx2Li2ud5umQOTXpCei7mD_5O4ZrKR2n-B0kUTWgknMpMgtPBMPLtfnMy4AYFCK6bAP1DapSU49kT-DYKqUw_Mj8pQb1YEmhgVtmZLd4_d8UKFrYuGO770-l8PDhA5bhqIOHBRV0ol_FDNj1KYEBm2_u-NbhAjxjXSOVKHTIl9KUUdMriIW_7Unal7ll\" width=\"624\" height=\"281\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;background-color: #ffffff;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;padding: 0pt 0pt 17pt 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">Using this information as a clue, we performed a keyword search on Twitter <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=rahul%20gandhi%20jaipur%20concert%20until%3A2022-12-17&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #1155cc;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: underline;vertical-align: baseline\">with a date filter applied<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">. This led us to the original video, which had been posted on December 16. With this video, the user wrote that Rahul Gandhi was seen attending Sunidhi Chauhan&#8217;s concert in Jaipur. In fact, it was not an obscene Bhojpuri song playing in the video, but singer Sunidhi Chauhan performing her song, &#8216;Right Here Right Now&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">Rahul Gandhi at Sunidhi Chauhan\u2019s concert in Jaipur. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7w16x69buD\">pic.twitter.com\/7w16x69buD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shantanu (@shaandelhite) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shaandelhite\/status\/1603800890783453184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;background-color: #ffffff;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt;padding: 0pt 0pt 17pt 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: Arial;color: #212121;background-color: transparent;font-weight: 400;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;text-decoration: none;vertical-align: baseline\">To sum it up, a video of Rahul Gandhi was edited with the original audio replaced by an obscene Bhojpuri song. In reality, Gandhi and Ashok Gehlot were attending a concert organized in Jaipur, Rajasthan on completion of 100 days of the Bharat Jodo Yatra in which Sunidhi Chauhan performed.<\/span><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-3027790f-7fff-ac4f-4adc-7ad8c2b27ac7\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi sitting with Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot is viral on social media. 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