{"id":16663,"date":"2018-07-17T20:37:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T15:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=16663"},"modified":"2018-07-17T20:37:00","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T15:07:00","slug":"image-of-rahul-gandhi-with-portrait-of-aurangzeb-in-background-viral-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/image-of-rahul-gandhi-with-portrait-of-aurangzeb-in-background-viral-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Image of Rahul Gandhi with portrait of Aurangzeb in background viral on social media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An image of Rahul Gandhi captioned &#8220;<em>\u0907\u0928 \u0926\u0947\u0936\u092d\u0915\u094d\u0924\u094b\u0902 \u0928\u0947 \u092f\u0939 \u0915\u094c\u0928 \u0938\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u092d\u0915\u094d\u0924 \u0915\u0940 \u0924\u0938\u094d\u0935\u0940\u0930 \u0932\u0917\u093e \u0930\u0916\u0940 \u0939\u0948<\/em>&#8221; <em>(Which nationalist&#8217;s portrait have these patriots put up- translated)<\/em> has been posted by Facebook page,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/234642050435756\/photos\/a.234645673768727.1073741828.234642050435756\/269201780313116\/?type=3&amp;theater\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0<\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/234642050435756\/photos\/a.234645673768727.1073741828.234642050435756\/269201780313116\/?type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0941\u0924\u094d\u0935 \u0915\u094b \u092c\u091a\u093e\u0928\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u092d\u0917\u0935\u093e \u0932\u093e\u0928\u093e \u0939\u0948 Mission 2024 Successfull<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em> It had been shared more than 12700 times at the time of writing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=269201830313111&amp;id=234642050435756\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=269201830313111&amp;id=234642050435756\"><p>\u0907\u0928 \u0926\u0947\u0936\u092d\u0915\u094d\u0924\u094b\u0902 \u0928\u0947 \u092f\u0939 \u0915\u094c\u0928 \u0938\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u092d\u0915\u094d\u0924 \u0915\u0940 \u0924\u0938\u094d\u0935\u0940\u0930 \u0932\u0917\u093e \u0930\u0916\u0940 \u0939\u0948<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0941\u0924\u094d\u0935-\u0915\u094b-\u092c\u091a\u093e\u0928\u093e-\u0939\u0948-\u092d\u0917\u0935\u093e-\u0932\u093e\u0928\u093e-\u0939\u0948-Mission-2024-Successfull-234642050435756\/\">\u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0941\u0924\u094d\u0935 \u0915\u094b \u092c\u091a\u093e\u0928\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u092d\u0917\u0935\u093e \u0932\u093e\u0928\u093e \u0939\u0948 Mission 2024 Successfull<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=269201830313111&amp;id=234642050435756\">Wednesday, 27 June 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Moreover, It has been shared by another page,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/officiallynamo.BJP\/photos\/a.2061066774115018.1073741828.2061062207448808\/2091212494433779\/?type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We Support Namo \u0928\u0930\u0947\u0902\u0926\u094d\u0930 \u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0The text sarcastically points out the highlighted photo frame of Aurangzeb painting calling\u00a0it a picture\u00a0of a patriot.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16673\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/07\/Aurangzeb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>What is the truth?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rahul Gandhi photoshopped picture\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/280067923?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1290\" height=\"725\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Alt News did a Google reverse image search and found a list of news reports on Rahul Gandhi filing his nomination for Congress President. An article published in <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/congress-hails-rahul-gandhis-elevation-as-beginning-new-era-who-said-what\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The\u00a0<em>Indian Express<\/em><\/a> article on Dec 4, 2017 was titled, <em>&#8220;Congress hails Rahul Gandhi\u2019s elevation as beginning \u2018new era\u2019: Who said\u00a0what&#8221;<\/em>. The original image has a Mahatma Gandhi portrait in the background.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16672\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16672\" style=\"width: 1644px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16672 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/07\/2018-07-16-20_28_19-Congress-hails-Rahul-Gandhi\u2019s-elevation-as-beginning-\u2018new-era\u2019_-Who-said-what-_-.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1644\" height=\"1055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/07\/2018-07-16-20_28_19-Congress-hails-Rahul-Gandhi\u2019s-elevation-as-beginning-\u2018new-era\u2019_-Who-said-what-_-.png 1644w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/07\/2018-07-16-20_28_19-Congress-hails-Rahul-Gandhi\u2019s-elevation-as-beginning-\u2018new-era\u2019_-Who-said-what-_--300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/07\/2018-07-16-20_28_19-Congress-hails-Rahul-Gandhi\u2019s-elevation-as-beginning-\u2018new-era\u2019_-Who-said-what-_--768x493.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/07\/2018-07-16-20_28_19-Congress-hails-Rahul-Gandhi\u2019s-elevation-as-beginning-\u2018new-era\u2019_-Who-said-what-_--1024x657.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/07\/2018-07-16-20_28_19-Congress-hails-Rahul-Gandhi\u2019s-elevation-as-beginning-\u2018new-era\u2019_-Who-said-what-_--696x447.png 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/07\/2018-07-16-20_28_19-Congress-hails-Rahul-Gandhi\u2019s-elevation-as-beginning-\u2018new-era\u2019_-Who-said-what-_--1068x685.png 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/07\/2018-07-16-20_28_19-Congress-hails-Rahul-Gandhi\u2019s-elevation-as-beginning-\u2018new-era\u2019_-Who-said-what-_--654x420.png 654w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1644px) 100vw, 1644px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: The Indian Express<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At times when social media is rife with photoshopped images, users can utilize image verification tools like Google reverse image search which comes handy in debunking misinformation. In this case, however, it is plain ridiculous to believe that a political party would have a picture of Aurangzeb on their wall. Posts like these are aimed at the most gullible who unfortunately tend to believe and share such content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image of Rahul Gandhi captioned &#8220;\u0907\u0928 \u0926\u0947\u0936\u092d\u0915\u094d\u0924\u094b\u0902 \u0928\u0947 \u092f\u0939 \u0915\u094c\u0928 \u0938\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u092d\u0915\u094d\u0924 \u0915\u0940 \u0924\u0938\u094d\u0935\u0940\u0930 \u0932\u0917\u093e \u0930\u0916\u0940 \u0939\u0948&#8221; (Which nationalist&#8217;s portrait have these patriots put up- translated) has been posted by Facebook page,\u00a0\u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0941\u0924\u094d\u0935 \u0915\u094b \u092c\u091a\u093e\u0928\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u092d\u0917\u0935\u093e \u0932\u093e\u0928\u093e \u0939\u0948 Mission 2024 Successfull.\u00a0 It had been shared more than 12700 times at the time of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":16707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[152],"class_list":["post-16663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/07\/rahul-gandhi-photoshopped-pic-1.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16663","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\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16663"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16702,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16663\/revisions\/16702"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16663"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=16663"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=16663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}