{"id":25573,"date":"2019-01-11T10:10:29","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T04:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=25573"},"modified":"2019-01-12T17:16:56","modified_gmt":"2019-01-12T11:46:56","slug":"congress-members-circulate-a-digitally-created-video-of-rahul-gandhis-photograph-beamed-on-burj-khalifa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/congress-members-circulate-a-digitally-created-video-of-rahul-gandhis-photograph-beamed-on-burj-khalifa\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress members circulate a digitally created video of Rahul Gandhi\u2019s photograph beamed on Burj Khalifa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Dubai gears up to welcome Congress President Rahul Gandhi who will be visiting on January 11-12. A video of Congress President&#8217;s photo beamed on Dubai&#8217;s Burj Khalifa is doing the rounds on social media. Congress Social media head for the Minority Department <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iammqh\/status\/1083003629500620800\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sameer Hoda<\/a> also tweeted the video claiming that Gandhi&#8217;s picture was showcased on the Burj Khalifa during a light show. The same was also tweeted by the General Secretary of Delhi Pradesh Youth Congress<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RahulYadavINC\/status\/1082206414154682368\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Rahul Yadav<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25594\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-Y7YWJRtqGnTPia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1679\" height=\"1302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-Y7YWJRtqGnTPia.jpg 1679w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-Y7YWJRtqGnTPia-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-Y7YWJRtqGnTPia-768x596.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-Y7YWJRtqGnTPia-1024x794.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-Y7YWJRtqGnTPia-990x768.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-Y7YWJRtqGnTPia-1320x1024.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1679px) 100vw, 1679px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Facebook user <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rajiv.personal\/videos\/10161273482085176\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rajiv Tyagi<\/a> posted the video saying, <em>&#8220;The Rahul Gandhi welcome in Dubai&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25584\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Selection_638.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"535\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Selection_638.png 535w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Selection_638-251x300.png 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WithRahulGandhi.INC\/videos\/581879388940366\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>With Rahul Gandhi<\/em><\/a>, a Facebook page, has shared this video as <em>&#8220;a beautiful view from Dubai before Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s visit&#8221;<\/em>. It has been viewed more than 1,31,000 times and shared more than 7100 times at the time of writing this article.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25595\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Selection_643.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"854\" height=\"1176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Selection_643.png 854w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Selection_643-218x300.png 218w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Selection_643-768x1058.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Selection_643-744x1024.png 744w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Several pro-Congress social media users have posted this video on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=Burj%20Khaifa%20Rahul%20Gandhi&amp;epa=SERP_TAB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?f=videos&amp;q=Rahul%20Gandhi%20Burj%20Khalifa&amp;src=typd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> with the identical narrative.<\/p>\n<h2>Digitally-created video<\/h2>\n<p>Alt News found that the viral video has a watermark on the top-right corner which reads, <em>&#8220;Biugo&#8221;<\/em>. A Google search of the keyword reveals that <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.yy.biu&amp;hl=en_US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Biugo <\/em><\/a>is a video editing application available on Google Play Store. Installing the app, one finds out that it has a feature in which any picture can be super-imposed on the Burj Khalifa and to make it seem as if it is a light show.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25596\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25596\" style=\"width: 2160px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25596 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-VBHhELtKTZk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2160\" height=\"2220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-VBHhELtKTZk.jpg 2160w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-VBHhELtKTZk-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-VBHhELtKTZk-768x789.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-VBHhELtKTZk-996x1024.jpg 996w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-VBHhELtKTZk-990x1018.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-VBHhELtKTZk-1320x1357.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2160px) 100vw, 2160px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25596\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot of Biugo App<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Original Video<\/h2>\n<p>In the past, the official Twitter handle of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BurjKhalifa\/status\/1047189372498563072\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burj Khalifa<\/a> has tweeted a video of Mahatama Gandhi&#8217;s picture beamed on the building. Burj Khalifa was also lit up in the colours of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BurjKhalifa\/status\/1047189372498563072\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indian National flag<\/a> to honour PM Modi and his delegation&#8217;s visit to United Arab Emirates in 2018.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A9?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0628\u0631\u062c_\u062e\u0644\u064a\u0641\u0629<\/a> \u064a\u0633\u062a\u0639\u0631\u0636 \u0635\u0648\u0631 \u0648\u0628\u0639\u0636 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0642\u0648\u0627\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0623\u062b\u0648\u0631\u0629 \u0644\u0645\u0647\u0627\u062a\u0645\u0627 \u063a\u0627\u0646\u062f\u064a \u0641\u064a \u0630\u0643\u0631\u0649 \u0645\u064a\u0644\u0627\u062f\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0661\u0665\u0660<br \/>\nBurj Khalifa beams Mahatma Gandhi&#8217;s images and iconic quotes marking his 150th birth anniversary <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Sdrdp8F2uI\">pic.twitter.com\/Sdrdp8F2uI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Burj Khalifa (@BurjKhalifa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BurjKhalifa\/status\/1047189372498563072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In conclusion, Congress members and supporters have tweeted a digital creation as an actual incident of the Burf Khalifa beamed up with a picture of Rahul Gandhi before his visit to Dubai.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Dubai gears up to welcome Congress President Rahul Gandhi who will be visiting on January 11-12. A video of Congress President&#8217;s photo beamed on Dubai&#8217;s Burj Khalifa is doing the rounds on social media. Congress Social media head for the Minority Department Sameer Hoda also tweeted the video claiming that Gandhi&#8217;s picture was showcased [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":25603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[152],"class_list":["post-25573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-economics"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Raga.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25573","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=25573"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25615,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25573\/revisions\/25615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25573"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=25573"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=25573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}