{"id":171964,"date":"2023-12-07T19:54:25","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T14:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=171964"},"modified":"2023-12-07T19:54:25","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T14:24:25","slug":"old-video-of-bjps-vasundhara-raje-congratulating-neeraj-chopra-on-phone-falsely-linked-to-rajasthan-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-of-bjps-vasundhara-raje-congratulating-neeraj-chopra-on-phone-falsely-linked-to-rajasthan-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"Old video of BJP&#8217;s Vasundhara Raje congratulating Neeraj Chopra on phone falsely linked to Rajasthan polls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 12-second video clip featuring BJP leader Vasundhara Raje Scindia was recently viral on social media where she could be heard congratulating someone on the phone. Sharing the video at a time when the results of the assembly election were yet to be announced, social media users claimed that Vasundhara Raje was congratulating Independent candidate Ravindra Singh Bhati on his likely victory and trying to garner a majority for the BJP in advance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/20231206105342\/https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/elections\/rajasthan-assembly\/2023-rajasthan-assembly-elections-lokniti-csds-post-poll-study\/article67610179.ece#selection-1383.146-1383.245\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The BJP eventually recorded a landslide victory<\/a> in the Rajasthan assembly elections, the results of which were announced on December 3. Independent candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/ravindra-singh-bhati-an-independent-candidate-who-defeated-4-powerful-leaders-on-1-seat-in-rajasthan-assembly-elections-4632887\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ravindra Singh Bhati<\/a> won from Barmer&#8217;s Sheo constituency. While initially, Bhati had campaigned for the BJP, he parted ways with the party before the polls when the BJP did not give him a ticket.<\/p>\n<p>X user Indrajeet Gurjar (@IndrajitGurjar) shared the video in question on December 1 with a caption in Hindi that can be translated as: &#8220;This video is said to be of Vasundhara Raje&#8217;s conversation with Ravindra Singh Bhati. It is being claimed in the viral video that Madam is busy in gathering majority for BJP!&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/E8pzl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092f\u0947 \u0935\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u094b \u0935\u0938\u0941\u0902\u0927\u0930\u093e \u0930\u093e\u091c\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u0930\u0935\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u094d\u0930 \u0938\u093f\u0902\u0939 \u092d\u093e\u091f\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0925 \u092c\u093e\u0924\u091a\u0940\u0924 \u0915\u093e \u092c\u0924\u093e\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964 \u0935\u093e\u092f\u0930\u0932 \u0935\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u094b \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0926\u093e\u0935\u093e \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0915\u093f \u092e\u0948\u0921\u092e \u092c\u0940\u091c\u0947\u092a\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u0939\u0941\u092e\u0924 \u091c\u0941\u091f\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0932\u0917 \u0917\u0908 \u0939\u0948\u0902!&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RavindraPatel05?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RavindraPatel05<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qnYfpWorAy\">pic.twitter.com\/qnYfpWorAy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Indrajeet Gurjar \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@IndrajitGurjar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndrajitGurjar\/status\/1730600898827878723?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Several other users shared the video clip with the above claim.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-171964 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-of-bjps-vasundhara-raje-congratulating-neeraj-chopra-on-phone-falsely-linked-to-rajasthan-polls\/screenshot-2023-12-07-023901\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1016\" height=\"1340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-023901.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-023901.jpg 1016w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-023901-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-023901-776x1024.jpg 776w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-023901-768x1013.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1016px) 100vw, 1016px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-of-bjps-vasundhara-raje-congratulating-neeraj-chopra-on-phone-falsely-linked-to-rajasthan-polls\/screenshot-2023-12-07-023837\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1014\" height=\"1550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-023837.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-023837.jpg 1014w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-023837-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-023837-670x1024.jpg 670w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-023837-768x1174.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-023837-1005x1536.jpg 1005w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1014px) 100vw, 1014px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-of-bjps-vasundhara-raje-congratulating-neeraj-chopra-on-phone-falsely-linked-to-rajasthan-polls\/screenshot-2023-12-07-023803\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1072\" height=\"1459\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-023803.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-023803.jpg 1072w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-023803-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-023803-752x1024.jpg 752w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-023803-768x1045.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1072px) 100vw, 1072px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-of-bjps-vasundhara-raje-congratulating-neeraj-chopra-on-phone-falsely-linked-to-rajasthan-polls\/screenshot-2023-12-07-023743\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1076\" height=\"1478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-023743.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-023743.jpg 1076w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-023743-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-023743-745x1024.jpg 745w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-023743-768x1055.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1076px) 100vw, 1076px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Fact Check<\/h4>\n<p>We noticed that under Ashok Shera&#8217;s (@ashokshera94) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ashokshera94\/status\/1730470395730403762\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweet<\/a> several users commented that the video was old and Vasundhara Raje was congratulating Olympic Gold Medalist and World champion athlete Neeraj Chopra on the phone.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-171964 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-of-bjps-vasundhara-raje-congratulating-neeraj-chopra-on-phone-falsely-linked-to-rajasthan-polls\/screenshot-2023-12-07-024921\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1067\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-024921.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-024921.png 1067w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-024921-300x51.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-024921-1024x176.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-024921-768x132.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1067px) 100vw, 1067px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-of-bjps-vasundhara-raje-congratulating-neeraj-chopra-on-phone-falsely-linked-to-rajasthan-polls\/screenshot-2023-12-07-024915\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1054\" height=\"170\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-024915.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-024915.png 1054w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-024915-300x48.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-024915-1024x165.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-024915-768x124.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1054px) 100vw, 1054px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-of-bjps-vasundhara-raje-congratulating-neeraj-chopra-on-phone-falsely-linked-to-rajasthan-polls\/screenshot-2023-12-07-024857\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1048\" height=\"179\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-024857.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-024857.png 1048w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-024857-300x51.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-024857-1024x175.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-07-024857-768x131.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1048px) 100vw, 1048px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>On running a relevant keyword search we came across a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thefirstindia\/posts\/199551345554815\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook post<\/a> by the news outlet First India from August 12, 2021. The post said: &#8220;Former Rajasthan Chief Minister #VasundharaRaje congratulates the golden boy #NeerajChopra over phone on his triumph in #TokyoOlympic&#8221;. The post carried the same video that is being shared now.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thefirstindia\/videos\/199551345554815\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thefirstindia\/videos\/199551345554815\/\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thefirstindia\/videos\/199551345554815\/\">Vasundhara Raje congratulates the golden boy Neeraj Chopra<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former Rajasthan Chief Minister #VasundharaRaje congratulates the golden boy #NeerajChopra over phone on his triumph in #TokyoOlympic<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/thefirstindia\">First India<\/a> on Thursday, 12 August 2021<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>On August 7, 2021, Javelin Thrower <a href=\"https:\/\/olympics.com\/en\/news\/tokyo-2020-olympics-athletics-india-neeraj-chopra-javelin-throw-medal-result\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neeraj Chopra<\/a> created history by becoming the second individual Indian athlete after Abhinav Bindra to win gold in the Olympic championship. Chopra won gold in the men\u2019s javelin throw at the Tokyo Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>We found the same <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CScB-M-hUmB\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a> of the BJP politician on her official Instagram page. The video was posted two years back and the caption of the post in Hindi can be translated as: &#8220;Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has brought glory to the country and made us all proud. Talked to him yesterday evening and congratulated him on winning the gold medal in #Tokyo2020 and also expressed his heartfelt gratitude on behalf of everyone.<\/p>\n<p>I wish Neeraj a bright future.<br \/>\n#Cheer4India #Gold #indiaatolympics&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0;width: calc(100% - 2px)\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CScB-M-hUmB\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 50px;margin: 0 auto 12px;width: 50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 550;line-height: 18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 17px;margin-bottom: 0;margin-top: 8px;overflow: hidden;padding: 8px 0 7px;text-align: center\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;line-height: 17px;text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CScB-M-hUmB\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Vasundhara Raje (@vasundhararajeofficial)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Therefore, the claim that Vasundhara Raje congratulated Ravindra Singh Bhati on his likely win in the Rajasthan elections is false. The viral video is two-year old and unrelated to the Rajasthan assembly polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 12-second video clip featuring BJP leader Vasundhara Raje Scindia was recently viral on social media where she could be heard congratulating someone on the phone. 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