{"id":18664,"date":"2018-08-28T16:33:14","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T11:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=18664"},"modified":"2021-08-23T15:29:01","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T09:59:01","slug":"did-khalistan-supporters-participate-at-rahul-gandhis-event-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/did-khalistan-supporters-participate-at-rahul-gandhis-event-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Khalistan supporters participate at Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s event in the UK?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video that shows a group of people chanting anti-India and pro-Khalistan slogans has been shared on social media. &#8220;You tell me, how can I let Congres rule my country? Khalistan terrorists reached Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s meeting in London. Slogans of Congress party zindabad and Hindustan murdabad were raised.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u0948\u0938\u0947 \u0938\u094c\u0902\u092a \u0926\u0941 \u092e\u0948 \u0915\u093e\u0901\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938 \u0915\u094b \u0905\u092a\u0928\u093e \u0926\u0947\u0936,\u0906\u092a \u0939\u0940 \u092c\u0924\u093e\u0913<br \/>\n\u0932\u0902\u0926\u0928 \u092e\u0947 \u0930\u093e\u0939\u0941\u0932 \u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0938\u092d\u093e \u092e\u0947 \u092a\u0939\u0941\u091a\u0947 \u0916\u093e\u0932\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u0906\u0924\u0915\u0902\u0935\u093e\u0926\u0940<br \/>\n\u0915\u093e\u0901\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938 \u092a\u093e\u0930\u094d\u091f\u0940 \u091c\u093f\u0902\u0926\u093e\u092c\u093e\u0926 \u0914\u0930 \u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928 \u092e\u0941\u0930\u094d\u0926\u093e\u092c\u093e\u0926 \u0928\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u0932\u0917\u093e\u092f\u0947\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k4KHukgJ9s\">pic.twitter.com\/k4KHukgJ9s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83d\udd31 \u0930\u0941\u0926\u094d\u0930 \u0930\u093e\u091c\u092a\u0942\u0924 \ud83d\udcff (@RudraVSR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RudraVSR\/status\/1428432599546957824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The clip has been shared on Facebook as well.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1014243269\/videos\/525229485432555\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/1014243269\/videos\/525229485432555\/\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u0915\u0948\u0938\u0947 \u0938\u094c\u0902\u092a \u0926\u0941 \u092e\u0948 \u0915\u093e\u0901\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938 \u0915\u094b \u0905\u092a\u0928\u093e \u0926\u0947\u0936,\u0906\u092a \u0939\u0940 \u092c\u0924\u093e\u0913&#8230;\u0932\u0902\u0926\u0928 \u092e\u0947 \u0930\u093e\u0939\u0941\u0932 \u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0938\u092d\u093e \u092e\u0947 \u092a\u0939\u0941\u091a\u0947 \u0916\u093e\u0932\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u0906\u0924\u0915\u0902\u0935\u093e\u0926\u0940&#8230;\u0915\u093e\u0901\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938 \u092a\u093e\u0930\u094d\u091f\u0940 \u091c\u093f\u0902\u0926\u093e\u092c\u093e\u0926 \u0914\u0930 \u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928 \u092e\u0941\u0930\u094d\u0926\u093e\u092c\u093e\u0926 \u0928\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u0932\u0917\u093e\u092f\u0947&#8230;\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47 \u0906\u092a\u0915\u0947 \u092a\u093e\u0938 \u091c\u093f\u0924\u0928\u0947 \u092d\u0940 \u0917\u094d\u0930\u0941\u092a \u0939\u0948 \u0938\u092c \u092e\u0947 \u092d\u0947\u091c\u094b<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a role=\"button\" href=\"#\">Nayna Patel<\/a> on Friday, 20 August 2021<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The same video was shared by BJP worker Priti Gandhi in 2018.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ABSOLUTE SHOCKER!!!<br \/>\nAt the Indian Overseas Congress meeting in London, anti-India, pro-Khalistani protesters are participating in the event. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RahulGandhi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RahulGandhi<\/a> you owe a serious explanation for this dangerous, anti-national narrative being created against India. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RahulGandhiInLondon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RahulGandhiInLondon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Te70fQrq8f\">pic.twitter.com\/Te70fQrq8f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Priti Gandhi (@MrsGandhi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrsGandhi\/status\/1033679759828348931?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4><strong>Participants or gatecrashers?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/naomi2009\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Naomi Canton<\/a> who reports for The Times of India in the UK, the event was interrupted by four protesters who had &#8220;managed to evade heavy security to enter Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s event&#8230;&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">TOI speaks to the Khalistani intruders who gatecrashed Rahul&#8217;s event <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Eq44dogy6C\">https:\/\/t.co\/Eq44dogy6C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Naomi Canton (@naomi2009) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/naomi2009\/status\/1033987907030269953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 27, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/pro-khalistan-protesters-try-to-disrupt-rahuls-uk-event\/articleshow\/65555757.cms?utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=TOIDesktop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speaking to TOI<\/a>, Shamsher Singh, spokesperson for the National Sikh Youth Federation who had gatecrashed the event with three of his associates said, &#8220;We slipped in through a side door to the venue at 5.30 pm as the security was lax. Once inside, security asked us a few questions but we confidently walked through and said we are here for the event. We got a table and sat down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, television news channels have reported that slogans hailing the Congress party were chanted in response to the slogans raised by the Sikh separatists who had gatecrashed the event.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pro-Khalistan slogans raised at Rahul Gandhi&#039;s event in UK\" width=\"1290\" height=\"968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xnRXfJS7HRM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It has been observed on numerous occasions that videos and\/or images are taken out of context and given misleading captions and meanings for purposes of political propaganda. This instance is no different; a disruption was sought to be portrayed as participation and advocacy of a secessionist position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video that shows a group of people chanting anti-India and pro-Khalistan slogans has been shared on social media. &#8220;You tell me, how can I let Congres rule my country? Khalistan terrorists reached Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s meeting in London. 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