{"id":160165,"date":"2024-09-12T19:22:30","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T13:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=160165"},"modified":"2024-09-12T19:22:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T13:52:30","slug":"viral-us-newspaper-report-questioning-rahul-gandhis-nationality-is-fake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/viral-us-newspaper-report-questioning-rahul-gandhis-nationality-is-fake\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral ‘US newspaper report’ questioning Rahul Gandhi’s nationality is fake"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi recently visited the United States<\/a> for three days. Against that backdrop, a supposed newspaper clipping has gone viral. The headline says, “Americans are asking is Rahul from India or Pakistan?” Several social media users claim the clipping is from a San Francisco-based newspaper.<\/p>\n

Retired Major General Harsha Kakar shared the image on X and wrote, “Americans want to know if @RahulGandhi is from India or Pak. Which individual goes abroad to abuse his own home. Unheard in the world. Only exception is this man. Will @INCIndia @sampitroda @kharge @SupriyaShrinate & @Jairam_Ramesh claim this is a Congress custom.” (Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Americans want to know if @RahulGandhi<\/a> is from India or Pak. Which individual goes abroad to abuse his own home. Unheard in the world. Only exception is this man. Will @INCIndia<\/a> @sampitroda<\/a> @kharge<\/a> @SupriyaShrinate<\/a> & @Jairam_Ramesh<\/a> claim this is a Congress custom. pic.twitter.com\/nEfD2K3EkP<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Maj Gen Harsha Kakar (@kakar_harsha) September 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The tweet has received over 5 Lakh views and reshared over 6,600 times.<\/p>\n

The same image was also shared by an X user named Riniti Chatterjee Pandey. (Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\u0905\u092c \u0924\u094b \u0905\u092e\u0947\u0930\u093f\u0915\u0940 \u092d\u0940 \u092a\u0942\u091b \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0915\u093f \u0930\u093e\u0939\u0941\u0932 \u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940 \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u0938\u0947 \u0939\u0948 \u092f\u093e \u092a\u093e\u0915\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928 \u0938\u0947 ? pic.twitter.com\/9iiXkEKemE<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Riniti Chatterjee Pandey (@mainRiniti) September 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At the time of this report being written, this tweet has been viewed close to 1.5 Lakh times and reshared over 4,200 times.<\/p>\n

Other users who have shared the same image include Neetu Garg (@NeetuGarg6)<\/a>, who, according to her X bio, is linked to the BJP Mahila Morcha and is followed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah.<\/p>\n

Alt News has also received requests on its WhatsApp helpline number (76000 11160) to authenticate the image.<\/p>\n

The Image was Viral in the Past as well<\/h4>\n

Rahul Gandhi visited the US last year as well and delivered a talk in San Francisco, California<\/a>, in May 2023. Several BJP leaders had then expressed their displeasure at the Congress leader’s speech. Some even said that he was speaking the language of Pakistan<\/a>. The same ‘newspaper clipping’ had gone viral then as well.<\/p>\n

Twitter user Janmajit Sinha<\/a> (@JSinha007) shared the image of the apparent newspaper report on June 21, 2023. He claimed that the San Francisco-based newspaper published the report because Rahul Gandhi had spoken in a way only an enemy of India could. The tweet has been retweeted over 1000 times. (Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n

VHP leader Sadhvi Prachi (@Sadhvi_prachi) had shared the image on June 19, 2023. The tweet has received over 1.35 lakh views. (<\/span>Archive<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pappu From India or Pakistan ?#PappuDiwas<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Dc4saXTVMb<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Dr. Prachi Sadhvi (@Sadhvi_prachi) June 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Several other users such as @SVishnuReddy<\/a>, @POLITICALCRIT14<\/a>, @sarmabjp<\/a> and other social media users also shared the image with similar claims<\/a>.<\/p>\n