{"id":16950,"date":"2018-07-26T08:55:41","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T03:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=16950"},"modified":"2018-07-26T08:55:41","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T03:25:41","slug":"fake-claim-rahul-gandhis-speech-on-lok-sabha-tv-was-seen-by-48-lakh-viewers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-claim-rahul-gandhis-speech-on-lok-sabha-tv-was-seen-by-48-lakh-viewers\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake Claim: Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s speech on Lok Sabha TV was seen by 48 lakh viewers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>&#8220;\u0932\u094b\u0915\u0938\u092d\u093e \u091f\u0940\u0935\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0928\u0941\u0938\u093e\u0930 \u0930\u093e\u0939\u0941\u0932 \u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u092d\u093e\u0937\u0923 48 \u0932\u093e\u0916 \u0932\u094b\u0917\u094b \u0928\u0947 \u0932\u093e\u0907\u0935\u00a0\u0938\u0941\u0928\u093e \u091c\u094b \u0930\u093f\u0915\u0949\u0930\u094d\u0921 \u0939\u0948.&#8221; (According to Lok Sabha TV, 48 lakh people have heard the speech of Rahul Gandhi live which is a record -translated)<\/em> An image inscribed\u00a0with the above text has been doing the rounds on social media. At the time of writing, it had been &#8216;liked&#8217; more than 11000 times and shared more than 13000 times from a Facebook page, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RahulForPM\/photos\/a.639742409543535.1073741829.639156686268774\/912507295600377\/?type=3&amp;theater\" rel=\"noopener\">Rahul Gandhi For PM<\/a>. The image claims that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P9T6CaU9elM\" rel=\"noopener\">Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s speech in Lok Sabha on July 20, 2018<\/a>\u00a0was seen by 48 lakh people live on <em>Lok Sabha TV<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RahulForPM\/photos\/a.639742409543535.1073741829.639156686268774\/912507295600377\/?type=3\" data-width=\"auto\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RahulForPM\/photos\/a.639742409543535.1073741829.639156686268774\/912507295600377\/?type=3\"><p>\u0936\u093e\u0928\u0926\u093e\u0930, \u091c\u092c\u0930\u0926\u0938\u094d\u0924, \u091c\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u093e\u092c\u093e\u0926<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RahulForPM\/\">Rahul Gandhi For PM<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RahulForPM\/photos\/a.639742409543535.1073741829.639156686268774\/912507295600377\/?type=3\">Friday, 20 July 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>It has been shared by many accounts on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/str\/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0\/stories-keyword\/stories-live?ref=top_filter\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0&amp;src=typd\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.\u00a0Moreover, a parody account of journalist Abhisar Sharma,\u00a0<span class=\"FullNameGroup\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SirAbhisar\/status\/1020722386939785216\" rel=\"noopener\">\u0928\u093f\u0937\u094d\u092a\u0915\u094d\u0937 \u0906\u0935\u093e\u095b<\/a>(<em>@SirAbhisar<\/em>) has also tweeted the same claim. The tweet had accumulated more than 3500 &#8216;likes&#8217; and 970 retweets at the time of writing. Jayrajsinh Parmar, spokesperson of Gujarat Congress had also retweeted the claim from this account. It may be reiterated that this is a parody account and not the original Twitter handle of journalist Abhisar Sharma.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16986 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/07\/2018-07-24-15_00_05-JAYRAJSINH-PARMAR-@jayrajsinhp-_-Twitter-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1361\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/07\/2018-07-24-15_00_05-JAYRAJSINH-PARMAR-@jayrajsinhp-_-Twitter-1.png 1361w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/07\/2018-07-24-15_00_05-JAYRAJSINH-PARMAR-@jayrajsinhp-_-Twitter-1-300x78.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/07\/2018-07-24-15_00_05-JAYRAJSINH-PARMAR-@jayrajsinhp-_-Twitter-1-768x199.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/07\/2018-07-24-15_00_05-JAYRAJSINH-PARMAR-@jayrajsinhp-_-Twitter-1-1024x266.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/07\/2018-07-24-15_00_05-JAYRAJSINH-PARMAR-@jayrajsinhp-_-Twitter-1-696x181.png 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/07\/2018-07-24-15_00_05-JAYRAJSINH-PARMAR-@jayrajsinhp-_-Twitter-1-1068x277.png 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1361px) 100vw, 1361px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><b>60 lakh viewers according to another version<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RahulMyPM\/photos\/a.1444122385801773.1073741827.1443981212482557\/2132868850260453\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Rahul Gandhi as next PM of INDIA<\/a><\/em>, a Facebook page has also shared an image with the claim that 60 lakh viewers had watched Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s speech live on <em>Lok Sabha TV.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RahulMyPM\/posts\/2132868850260453:0\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RahulMyPM\/posts\/2132868850260453:0\"><p>The historical speech of Rahul ji on #NoConfidenceMotion. \ud83d\ude0a<br \/>\n#Must_Share \ud83d\udc4d \ud83d\udc4d \ud83d\udc4d \ud83d\udc4d<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RahulMyPM\/\">Rahul Gandhi as next PM of INDIA<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RahulMyPM\/posts\/2132868850260453:0\">Saturday, 21 July 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>&#8220;No data on viewership&#8221;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Alt News contacted Lok Sabha TV to ascertain the veracity of the claim.\u00a0Aashish Joshi, Editor-in-chief of <em>Lok Sabha TV<\/em> refuted the claim saying, <em>&#8220;Lok Sabha TV doesn&#8217;t produce any data concerning the viewership of the channel.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is yet another instance when social media has been used to eulogise a political leader and their credentials embellished in order to create a popular perception.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;\u0932\u094b\u0915\u0938\u092d\u093e \u091f\u0940\u0935\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0928\u0941\u0938\u093e\u0930 \u0930\u093e\u0939\u0941\u0932 \u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u092d\u093e\u0937\u0923 48 \u0932\u093e\u0916 \u0932\u094b\u0917\u094b \u0928\u0947 \u0932\u093e\u0907\u0935\u00a0\u0938\u0941\u0928\u093e \u091c\u094b \u0930\u093f\u0915\u0949\u0930\u094d\u0921 \u0939\u0948.&#8221; (According to Lok Sabha TV, 48 lakh people have heard the speech of Rahul Gandhi live which is a record -translated) An image inscribed\u00a0with the above text has been doing the rounds on social media. 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