{"id":20761,"date":"2018-10-11T18:11:27","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T12:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=20761"},"modified":"2018-10-11T18:11:27","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T12:41:27","slug":"viral-2013-image-of-congress-haryana-rally-shared-as-recent-rahul-gandhi-rally-in-bikaner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/viral-2013-image-of-congress-haryana-rally-shared-as-recent-rahul-gandhi-rally-in-bikaner\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral: 2013 image of Congress Haryana rally shared as recent Rahul Gandhi rally in Bikaner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An image captioned\u00a0<em>&#8220;\u0907\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u094b\u0924\u0947 \u0928\u0947 \u0924\u094b\u0921\u093c \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0907\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930\u093e \u0915\u093e \u0930\u093f\u0915\u0949\u0930\u094d\u0921 (Indira&#8217;s grandson breaks Indira&#8217;s record)&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>was shared by Facebook page<em> <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/sS1ZG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rahul Gandhi for PM<\/a><\/em>, claiming that a crowd of 25 lakh gathered during Congress President Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s rally in Bikaner, Rajasthan. The post attracted over 14,000\u00a0shares at the time of writing this article.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RahulForPM\/photos\/a.639742409543535\/979304855587287\/?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\/979304855587287\/?type=3\"><p>\u0907\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u094b\u0924\u0947 \u0928\u0947 \u0924\u094b\u0921\u093c \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0907\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930\u093e \u0915\u093e \u0930\u093f\u0915\u0949\u0930\u094d\u0921<\/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\/979304855587287\/?type=3\">Wednesday, 10 October 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The photograph was shared with the identical narrative from other Facebook pages as well &#8211;<em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/Asg7W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u0915\u091f\u093f\u0939\u093e\u0930 \u092f\u0941\u0935\u093e \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and<em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/3ENrm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I am Congress We are Congress<\/a><\/em>. Individual users on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%20%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1&amp;src=typd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0also circulated the imagery.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Image from 2013 Bhupendra Singh Hooda rally in Haryana<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Alt News reverse searched the image on Google and found that it pertains to a rally addressed by former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupendra Singh Hooda in Sonepat in 2013.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rahul Gandhi Bikaner rally fact-check methodology\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/294531158?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>The original image was shot by\u00a0<em>Getty Images\u00a0<\/em>for\u00a0<em>Hindustan Times.<\/em>\u00a0It is available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.in\/detail\/news-photo\/haryana-chief-minister-bhupinder-singh-hooda-addresses-news-photo\/187566155\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> of <em>Getty Images<\/em>, captioned as &#8211;\u00a0<em>&#8220;SONEPAT, INDIA &#8211; NOVEMBER 10: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda addresses Haryana Shakti Rally at Gohana on November 10, 2013 in Sonepat, India.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20764 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/getty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1028\" height=\"616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/getty.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/getty-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/getty-768x460.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/getty-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/getty-696x417.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/getty-701x420.jpg 701w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1028px) 100vw, 1028px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Congress President Rahul Gandhi indeed addressed a <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/amit-shah-rahul-gandhi-rally-in-rajasthan-telangana-live-updates-5394957\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rally in Bikaner<\/a> ahead of the state elections scheduled to be held on December 7. But the viral image does not pertain to the aforestated event and is an attempt to mislead social media users.<\/p>\n<h2><b>A repeat offender\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>This wasn&#8217;t an isolated incident of Facebook page<em> Rahul Gandhi for PM\u00a0<\/em>circulating misinformation in favour of the Congress. In July this year, it falsely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RahulForPM\/photos\/a.639742409543535\/912507295600377\/?type=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a> that Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s Lok Sabha speech was seen by 48 lakh viewers. Alt News, however, found that\u00a0<em>Lok Sabha TV\u00a0<\/em>does not produce any data concerning the viewership of the channel.<\/p>\n<p><em>Rahul Gandhi for PM\u00a0<\/em>had also shared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-quote-of-obama-endorsing-rahul-gandhi-for-prime-ministership-shared-by-fb-fan-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fake news<\/a> suggesting that former US President Barack Obama endorsed Rahul Gandhi for prime ministership.\u00a0In multiple other instances, it ascribed false quotes to BJP leaders, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RahulForPM\/photos\/a.639742409543535\/966439186873854\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Ravinderjit Singh<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RahulForPM\/photos\/a.639742409543535\/955969067920866\/?type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ashiwini Chowbey<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RahulForPM\/photos\/a.639742409543535\/955758654608574\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Sambit Patra<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being called out in the past, the Facebook page continues to peddle disinformation. It is pertinent that posts shared by\u00a0<em>Rahul Gandhi for PM\u00a0<\/em>are not taken at face value and cross-checked for verification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image captioned\u00a0&#8220;\u0907\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u094b\u0924\u0947 \u0928\u0947 \u0924\u094b\u0921\u093c \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0907\u0902\u0926\u093f\u0930\u093e \u0915\u093e \u0930\u093f\u0915\u0949\u0930\u094d\u0921 (Indira&#8217;s grandson breaks Indira&#8217;s record)&#8221;\u00a0was shared by Facebook page Rahul Gandhi for PM, claiming that a crowd of 25 lakh gathered during Congress President Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s rally in Bikaner, Rajasthan. 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