{"id":26770,"date":"2019-01-29T20:15:12","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T14:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=26770"},"modified":"2019-01-29T20:30:50","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T15:00:50","slug":"sambit-patra-reiterates-previously-debunked-fakes-news-about-sonia-gandhis-wealth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/sambit-patra-reiterates-previously-debunked-fakes-news-about-sonia-gandhis-wealth\/","title":{"rendered":"Sambit Patra reiterates previously debunked fake news about Sonia Gandhi&#8217;s wealth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>News18 Hindi\u00a0<\/em>broadcasted a debate on January 25 where the topic of discussion was Priyanka Gandhi&#8217;s entry into politics before the 2019\u00a0general elections. During the over 45-minute show, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra claimed that\u00a0Sonia Gandhi is the 4th richest woman in the world.\u00a0At <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4aoDtQ48GHc?t=1599\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">26:40 minutes<\/a> he can be heard attributing this information to\u00a0<em>Huffington Post.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hindi Debate Show: Modi \u092e\u0948\u091c\u093f\u0915 \u0930\u094b\u0915\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f Rahul \u092d\u0948\u092f\u093e \u0928\u0947 \u092b\u0947\u0902\u0915\u093e Priyanka \u0915\u093e\u0930\u094d\u0921! | Aar Paar\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4aoDtQ48GHc?start=1599&#038;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>Patra makes the claim to support his argument that the Indian National Congress is a party of thieves. He says &#8211;\u00a0<em>&#8220;\u092e\u0948\u0902 \u0906\u092a\u0915\u094b \u0907\u0938\u0915\u093e \u0907\u0915\u094d\u095b\u093e\u092e\u094d\u092a\u0932 \u0926\u0947\u0928\u093e \u091a\u093e\u0939\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0942\u0901 &#8211; \u0939\u095e\u094d\u092b\u093f\u0902\u0917\u091f\u0928 \u092a\u094b\u0938\u094d\u091f 4th \u0930\u093f\u091a\u0947\u0938\u094d\u091f \u0935\u0941\u092e\u0928 \u0911\u095e \u0926 \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0932\u094d\u0921 \u0938\u094b\u0928\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0917\u093e\u0901\u0927\u0940\u0964 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u093e\u092e \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0938\u094b\u0928\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0917\u093e\u0901\u0927\u0940 \u091c\u0940 \u0928\u0947 \u091c\u094b 4th \u0930\u093f\u091a\u0947\u0938\u094d\u091f \u0935\u0941\u092e\u0928 \u0911\u095e \u0926 \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0932\u094d\u0921 \u092c\u0928 \u0917\u092f\u0940? \u0906\u092a \u092e\u0941\u091d\u0947 \u092c\u0924\u093e\u0907\u090f \u0906\u091c \u0915\u094c\u0928 \u0938\u0940 \u0907\u0902\u0921\u0938\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0909\u0928\u0915\u0940, \u0915\u094c\u0928 \u0938\u0940 \u0916\u0947\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0909\u0928\u0915\u0940&#8230;\u092f\u0947 \u0909\u0924\u094d\u0924\u0930 \u092e\u0941\u091d\u0947 \u0906\u091c \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0935\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093e \u0938\u0947 \u091a\u093e\u0939\u093f\u090f\u0964 (Let me give you an example of this &#8211; Sonia Gandhi is the 4th richest woman in the world, according to Huffington Post. What work has Sonia Gandhi done to become the 4th richest woman in the world? You tell me what industry does she own? What plantations does she own?&#8230;I want Congress&#8217;s spokesperson to answer this question today.)&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Patra quotes a 6-year-old misreport<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>On November 29, 2013,\u00a0<em>Huffington Post\u00a0<\/em>had published a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/11\/29\/richest-world-leaders_n_4178514.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">story<\/a>\u00a0on the richest world leaders and placed Sonia Gandhi in the 12th position (not 4th as claimed by Patra). However, the former INC President\u2019s name was subsequently removed from the story as the information\u2019s source, as clarified later by\u00a0<em>Huffington Post<\/em>, was\u00a0<em>\u201ccalled into question.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26781 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/huff-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/huff-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/huff-1-300x116.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A December 2013 report by\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/india\/north\/story\/how-sonia-gandhi-2-billion-wealth-is-calculated-inside-story-219374-2013-12-02\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">India Today<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>had\u00a0found that\u00a0<em>Huffington Post\u2019s\u00a0<\/em>claims about\u00a0Gandhi\u2019s net worth were based on a report published by a website called\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celebritynetworth.com\/richest-politicians\/presidents\/sonia-gandhi-net-worth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Celebrity Net\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celebritynetworth.com\/richest-politicians\/presidents\/sonia-gandhi-net-worth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Worth<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>which routinely writes on celebrity finances.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26782 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/celeb-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"883\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/celeb-1.jpg 883w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/celeb-1-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/celeb-1-768x406.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 883px) 100vw, 883px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to the website,\u00a0<em>\u201cShe (Sonia Gandhi) personally states her wealth to be between $200,000 and $500,000, but several sources including\u00a0<strong>OpenSecrets.org and Business Insider<\/strong>\u00a0have estimated that Sonia\u2019s actual wealth could be as low as $2 billion and might be as high as $19 billion.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Alt News had investigated\u00a0<em>OpenSecrets.org and Business Insider\u00a0<\/em>in the past when union\u00a0women and child development minister Maneka Gandhi had made a similar claim about the former Congress president and her sister-in-law.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Is Sonia Gandhi the 6th richest person in the world?\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0M22sHONgrE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Unsubstantiated claim<\/h2>\n<p>In a March 2, 2012\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/richest-politicians-in-the-world-2012-2?IR=T\">report<\/a>\u00a0titled \u2013\u00a0<em>\u2018Meet The 23 Richest Politicians In The World\u2019\u00a0<\/em>\u2013\u00a0<em>Business Insider\u00a0<\/em>placed\u00a0Gandhi 4th in the list, with the article claiming that her net worth was between US$ 2-19 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Business Insider\u00a0<\/em>story hyperlinked a website named\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worlds-luxury-guide.com\/Luxury-News\/433295\/List-Worlds-Richest-Politicians\">\u2018World\u2019s Luxury Guide\u2019<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0as its source. It also said that there are some disputes about Gandhi\u2019s actual net worth and that the<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/myneta.info\/ls2009\/candidate.php?candidate_id=5613\">\u2018National Election Watch\u2019<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>put the same at US$200,000 (approximately Rs 1.35 crores at that time).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26786 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/whatevs-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"631\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/whatevs-1.png 631w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/whatevs-1-300x291.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The website \u2018World\u2019s Luxury Guide\u2019\u00a0has been taken down since over a year. Accessing an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120701062051\/http:\/\/www.worlds-luxury-guide.com\/Luxury-News\/433295\/List-Worlds-Richest-Politicians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">archived version<\/a>\u00a0of the \u2018list of richest leaders\u2019 created by the website revealed that it also placed Sonia Gandhi at the 4th place. \u2018World\u2019s Luxury Guide\u2019 had provided\u00a0<em>opensecret.org, forbes.com, bloomberg.com, wikipedia.org<\/em>\u00a0and<em>\u00a0guardian.co.uk<\/em>\u00a0as its sources.<\/p>\n<p><em>Forbes\u00a0<\/em>had published an article in 2011 titled \u2013 \u2018India\u2019s 100 Richest\u2019 \u2013 which does not include Gandhi\u2019s name. In 2012,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/blog\/2012\/oct\/26\/who-are-the-wealthiest-world-leaders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>had published a report on the world\u2019s richest leaders, however, it too did not include Gandhi. On\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/search?query=sonia+gandhi&amp;sort=time:desc&amp;endTime=2018-09-28T15:34:31.641Z&amp;page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>Alt News back-searched till 2010 but found nothing of relevance. The remaining attribution provided by\u00a0<em>Business Insider \u2013<\/em>\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/search?q=sonia+gandhi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OpenSecret<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/em>has never written any report on the former Congress President.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, none of the sources enlisted by \u2018World\u2019s Luxury Guide\u2019 had the data to back up the claim of Sonia Gandhi being the world\u2019s 4th richest politician. Moreover, the name of the website itself should indicate that it is not a source that could be trusted.<\/p>\n<p>Alt News had debunked this last year as well when a similar claim was widespread on social media.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sonia Gandhi - 4th Richest in the World? Fake News. WATCH!\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C01UFCyMuE0?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>The other source mentioned by\u00a0<em>Business Insider\u00a0<\/em>was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/myneta.info\/ls2009\/candidate.php?candidate_id=5613\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018National Election Watch,\u2019<\/a>\u00a0claiming that it\u00a0put Sonia Gandhi\u2019s net worth at US$200,000 (approximately Rs 1.37 crore in 2012).<\/p>\n<p>Accessing the link redirected us to a report that provided the assets declared by Gandhi before 2004, 2009 and 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The latest figures (2014) put her net worth at over Rs 9.28 crore. As the\u00a0<em>Business Insider\u00a0<\/em>article was published in 2012, it must have referred to the figures Gandhi had disclosed in 2009 \u2013 Rs 1.37 crore. This matched the \u201cdisputed net worth\u201d claims on\u00a0<em>Business Insider<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26787 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/election-1-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"908\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/election-1-1.png 908w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/election-1-1-300x86.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/01\/election-1-1-768x219.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 908px) 100vw, 908px\" \/>A\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/adrindia.org\/sites\/default\/files\/0.10%20full%20report%2020-05-2010.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">compendium<\/a>\u00a0published by\u00a0the<em>\u00a0Association for Democratic Reform (ADR)\u00a0<\/em>in 2012 had also put Gandhi\u2019s assets at Rs 1.37 crore.\u00a0In 2014,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/elections\/highlights\/story\/how-rich-is-sonia-gandhi-affidavit-rae-bareli-lok-sabha-polls-187296-2014-04-02\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">India Today<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>provided copies of Gandhi\u2019s nomination papers before the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha elections, according to which she declared total movable assets to the tune of Rs 2.82 crore.<\/p>\n<p>The evidence at hand suggests that the claims that Sonia Gandhi&#8217;s net worth is between $2-19 billion are unfounded. Earlier this month, BJP spokesperson\u00a0Ashwini Upadhyay had <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/Sonia-Gandhi-is-richer-than-British-Queen-Elizabeth-II-Huffington-Post\/articleshow\/26734502.cms?utm_source=whatsapp&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=TOIMobile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">also made the incorrect assertion<\/a>, quoting a 6-year-old\u00a0<em>Times of India\u00a0<\/em>story based on the\u00a0<em>Huffington Post\u00a0<\/em>article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News18 Hindi\u00a0broadcasted a debate on January 25 where the topic of discussion was Priyanka Gandhi&#8217;s entry into politics before the 2019\u00a0general elections. 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