{"id":26597,"date":"2019-01-25T17:24:11","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T11:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=26597"},"modified":"2019-01-25T17:24:11","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T11:54:11","slug":"fake-viral-poster-claims-rahul-gandhis-dna-doesnt-match-rajiv-gandhis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-viral-poster-claims-rahul-gandhis-dna-doesnt-match-rajiv-gandhis\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake: Viral poster claims Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s DNA doesn&#8217;t match Rajiv Gandhi&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A poster about a supposed DNA expert&#8217;s claim that Rahul Gandhi is not the son of Rajiv Gandhi is circulating on social media. It has been shared by several individuals on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/str\/%23%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80.....+%28EVM+%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%29\/keywords_search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook,\u00a0<\/a>Twitter and WhatsApp. The claim has been circulated in the form of a newspaper clipping.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/XiJinping0615?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@XiJinping0615<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VladimirPutin24?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VladimirPutin24<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PMpakistan2018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PMpakistan2018<\/a><br \/>\nAmerican DNA specialist proved that Rahul Gandhi DNA doesn&#8217;t match his father late PM Rajiv Gandhi &#8230;<br \/>\nThen who is his father ??<br \/>\nSonia Gandhi must reply !!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZYsghsUjvp\">pic.twitter.com\/ZYsghsUjvp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jago Bharat Jago (@germanhitechhe1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/germanhitechhe1\/status\/1088426258906705921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Facebook page &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Bjpalindia\/photos\/a.774198325982134\/2083167188418568\/?type=3&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>I Support Narendra Bhai Modi Bjp<\/em><\/a> had also shared the clipping with an identical narrative.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26601\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Selection_727.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"905\" height=\"1216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Selection_727.jpg 905w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Selection_727-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Selection_727-768x1032.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/Selection_727-762x1024.jpg 762w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 905px) 100vw, 905px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Fact-check<\/h1>\n<p>1. Alt News did a Google search with key words given in the poster and found that no such media report exists on the internet.<\/p>\n<p>2. Another search about DNA expert named Martin Sizo also yields no search results. We also couldn&#8217;t find a news report on such a press conference held by a DNA expert in any publication.<\/p>\n<p>In all probability, if at all there was a slightest doubt about Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s lineage, given his prominence in the Indian political system, the issue would have been echoed by a multitude of opposition parties, which is NOT the case here. Moreover, the issue would have been on the radar of mainstream media organisations. In conclusion, the poster shared on social media with the narrative questioning Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s DNA is fake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A poster about a supposed DNA expert&#8217;s claim that Rahul Gandhi is not the son of Rajiv Gandhi is circulating on social media. It has been shared by several individuals on Facebook,\u00a0Twitter and WhatsApp. The claim has been circulated in the form of a newspaper clipping. @realDonaldTrump @XiJinping0615 @VladimirPutin24 @PMpakistan2018 American DNA specialist proved that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":26611,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[152],"class_list":["post-26597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-economics"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fake: Viral poster claims Rahul Gandhi&#039;s DNA doesn&#039;t match Rajiv Gandhi&#039;s - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fake: Viral poster claims Rahul Gandhi&#039;s DNA doesn&#039;t match Rajiv Gandhi&#039;s - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A poster about a supposed DNA expert&#8217;s claim that Rahul Gandhi is not the son of Rajiv Gandhi is circulating on social media. 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