{"id":27924,"date":"2019-02-13T20:25:05","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T14:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=27924"},"modified":"2020-05-11T13:55:03","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T08:25:03","slug":"misleading-videos-of-rahul-gandhi-viral-with-twitter-trend-rahulgandhipagalhai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/misleading-videos-of-rahul-gandhi-viral-with-twitter-trend-rahulgandhipagalhai\/","title":{"rendered":"Misleading videos of Rahul Gandhi viral with Twitter trend #RahulGandhiPagalHai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since the early hours of February 13, a certain Twitter hashtag gained substantial momentum to share space with the top trends of the day on the micro-blogging website. #<em>RahulGandhiPagalHai\u00a0<\/em>or &#8216;Rahul Gandhi is mad&#8217; transformed into a top trend after multiple users began posting similar tweets with the said hashtag.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27925 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/pagal.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"286\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/pagal.png 286w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/pagal-183x300.png 183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, in the midst of the hundreds of tweets targetting the Congress president were his videos placed out of context and in a misleading manner.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Video 1 &#8211; &#8220;There is no fool like me&#8221;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>&#8220;I&#8217;m not saying this. Hear it straight from the horse&#8217;s mouth. <s>#<\/s><b>RahulGandhiPagalHai<\/b>,&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>tweeted Krishna (@Athiest_Krishna) along with a clip where Gandhi can be heard saying &#8211;\u00a0<em>&#8220;\u092e\u0947\u0930\u0947 \u091c\u0948\u0938\u093e \u092c\u0947\u0935\u0958\u0942\u095e \u0907\u0938 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u0948| (There is no other fool like me in this country.)&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>The video attracted over 15,000 views and more than 800 retweets.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I&#8217;m not saying this. Hear it straight from the horse&#8217;s mouth.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RahulGandhiPagalHai?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RahulGandhiPagalHai<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k4RTHVSPyZ\">pic.twitter.com\/k4RTHVSPyZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Krishna (@Atheist_Krishna) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Atheist_Krishna\/status\/1095612865770180608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Several other Twitter users also circulated the same video.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27926 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/video-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/video-1.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/video-1-300x157.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/video-1-768x402.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/video-1-1024x536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/02\/video-1-990x518.jpeg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><br \/>\nUnsurprisingly, Rahul Gandhi did not call himself a fool. This video has been doing rounds on social media since <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iPragatiJain\/status\/1006802400542371842\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">last year<\/a>\u00a0and was debunked by\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/india\/story\/watch-did-rahul-gandhi-just-call-himself-a-fool-1261618-2018-06-15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">India Today<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The viral clip is only four seconds of a much longer speech that the Congress president gave at Talkatora stadium in the OBC convention on June 11, 2018. Gandhi wasn&#8217;t calling himself a fool but claimed to be quoting a BJP OBC MP who came up to him and said that he (the MP himself) was a fool for supporting PM Modi.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what Gandhi <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/r8qD4bY5eyw?t=37\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> at the convention,\u00a0<em>&#8220;\u0932\u094b\u0915 \u0938\u092d\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0928\u0930\u0947\u0902\u0926\u094d\u0930 \u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u091c\u0940 \u0915\u0947 OBC MPs \u092e\u0947\u0930\u0947 \u092a\u093e\u0938 \u0906\u092f\u0947. \u0938\u091a \u092c\u0924\u093e\u0909 \u092c\u093e\u0925\u0930\u0942\u092e \u0938\u0947 \u0928\u093f\u0915\u0932 \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0925\u093e \u0909\u0928\u094d\u0939\u094b\u0902\u0928\u0947 \u092e\u0941\u091d\u0947 \u0930\u094b\u0915\u093e. \u0928\u093e\u092e \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u092c\u0924\u093e \u0938\u0915\u0924\u093e. \u0928\u093e\u092e \u092c\u0924\u093e \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0924\u094b \u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940\u091c\u0940 \u0906\u0909\u091f \u0915\u0930 \u0926\u0947\u0902\u0917\u0947. \u092e\u0917\u0930 \u091a\u093e\u0930-\u092a\u093e\u0901\u091a \u0906\u090f \u0914\u0930 \u092e\u0948\u0902\u0928\u0947 \u0909\u0928\u0938\u0947 \u092e\u095b\u093e\u0915 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092a\u0942\u091b\u093e, &#8220;\u092d\u0907\u092f\u093e \u092f\u0947 \u092c\u0924\u093e\u0913 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0939\u094b \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0901?&#8221; \u090f\u0915 \u092e\u0947\u0930\u093e \u0939\u093e\u0925 \u092a\u0915\u095c\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948, \u0915\u0939\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948, &#8220;\u0930\u093e\u0939\u0941\u0932\u091c\u0940, \u092e\u0947\u0930\u0947 \u091c\u0948\u0938\u093e \u092c\u0947\u0935\u0958\u0942\u095e \u0907\u0938 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u0948. \u092e\u0948\u0902 \u0907\u0928\u0915\u094b \u0932\u093e\u092f\u093e, \u092e\u0948\u0902\u0928\u0947 \u0928\u0930\u0947\u0902\u0926\u094d\u0930 \u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940\u091c\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0927\u093e\u0928 \u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u092c\u0928\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0914\u0930 \u0906\u091c \u0932\u094b\u0915 \u0938\u092d\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u0902\u0938\u0926 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0928\u0930\u0947\u0902\u0926\u094d\u0930 \u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940\u091c\u0940 \u092e\u0941\u091d\u0947 \u090f\u0915 \u0936\u092c\u094d\u0926 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u092c\u094b\u0932\u0928\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0924\u0947&#8230;(Narendra Modi ji&#8217;s\u00a0OBC MPs came to me at the Lok Sabha. If I tell you the truth, I was exiting the bathroom when they stopped me. I cannot reveal their names because if I do, Modiji will sack them. But 4-5 of them had come to me and I jokingly asked them,<\/em> <em>&#8220;Brother tell me what&#8217;s happening?&#8221; One of them held my hand and said, &#8220;Rahulji, <strong>there is no other fool like me in this country<\/strong>. I supported him, I made Narendra Modiji the prime minister and today, he does not let me utter a word in the lower house of the parliament.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>)&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Truth behind Rahul Gandhi&#039;s statement &quot;Mere jaisa  bewakoof&quot; || Full speech ||\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r8qD4bY5eyw?start=37&#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<h2>Video 2 &#8211;\u00a0&#8220;I have no proof but the PM is involved in Rafale scam&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Another video of Rahul Gandhi has been tweeted by a few users where he is addressing the Lok Sabha on Rafale and can be heard saying,\u00a0<em>&#8220;\u201cI have no proof so far, but I am very clear that the Prime Minister is directly involved.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>This gave the impression that Gandhi was accusing PM Modi of corruption without any evidence.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This particular statement is a proof that Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s drama for Rafale is a face saving stunt for himself, his mother &amp; for Robert Vadra!!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RahulGandhiPagalHai?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RahulGandhiPagalHai<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DuihZFy12L\">pic.twitter.com\/DuihZFy12L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Seema Choudhary (@Seems3r) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Seems3r\/status\/1095584747743571968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This particular statement is a proof that Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s drama for Rafale is a face saving stunt for himself, his mother &amp; for Robert Vadra!!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KushalRss?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KushalRss<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@narendramodi<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RahulGandhiPagalHai?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RahulGandhiPagalHai<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AdvZLzjadc\">pic.twitter.com\/AdvZLzjadc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KUSHAL CHAUDHARY .\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddea (@KushalRss) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KushalRss\/status\/1095586385120186374?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is video\u00a0was also clipped. It is a part of Gandhi&#8217;s Lok Sabha address on Rafale earlier this year where his statement was directed at Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. He says that he does not have any proof so far of her involvement, but the Prime Minister is directly involved in the scam.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cDefense Minister said that we are accusing her\u2026Madam I am not accusing you and I am not accusing Mr Parrikar. I am accusing Mr Narendra Modi. Let it be absolutely clear that you have done nothing other than try to defend a lie. So I do not think that you are involved in the Rafale scam.<strong>\u00a0I have no proof so far to say that you are involved but I am very clear that the Prime Minister is directly involved in the Rafale scam,<\/strong>\u201c\u00a0<\/em>the Congress president can be heard saying at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/e8RLBVFrv5o?t=266\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">4:26 minutes<\/a> in the full video below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/e8RLBVFrv5o?t=266\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/e8RLBVFrv5o?t=266<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Relentless targetting?<\/h2>\n<p>Rahul Gandhi is a popular online target. There are numerous other instances showcasing how clipped or morphed videos of the Congress president make way into social media and quickly become a trending topic.<\/p>\n<h4>&#8220;I will make the Sun rise from the West&#8221;<\/h4>\n<p>A video of Gandhi, which was widely circulated in November last year, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/vinod.rajpurohit.79\/videos\/vb.100002349910665\/2125099457578364\/?type=2&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">still being shared<\/a> on social media. In the 6-second clip, the Congress president can be heard saying, <em>&#8220;\u092e\u0941\u091d\u0947 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0927\u093e\u0928 \u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u092c\u0928\u093e \u0926\u094b \u0924\u094b \u0938\u0942\u0930\u091c \u0907\u0938 \u0938\u093e\u0907\u0921 \u0938\u0947 \u0909\u0917\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0909\u0938\u0947 \u0909\u0938 \u0938\u093e\u0907\u0921 \u0938\u0947 \u0909\u0925\u093e \u0926\u0942\u0902\u0917\u093e. (If you make me the prime minister then the sun which rises from this side, I will make it rise from that side.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>The link posted below is by the prominent fake news page The India Eye and gives the impression that Gandhi appealed to the crowd that if they help him become the PM, he will make the Sun rise from the West.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheIndiaEye\/videos\/425820157952315\/\" data-width=\"350\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheIndiaEye\/videos\/425820157952315\/\"><p>\u0906\u0907\u090f \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948 \u0928\u0908 \u092a\u092a\u094d\u092a\u0941\u0917\u0940\u0930\u0940 &#8211; \u0905\u092c \u092f\u0947 \u0938\u0942\u0930\u091c \u0915\u094b \u092d\u0940 \u092a\u0936\u094d\u091a\u093f\u092e \u0938\u0947 \u0928\u093f\u0915\u093e\u0932 \u0938\u0915\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948 \u0964<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheIndiaEye\/\">The India Eye<\/a> on Friday, 9 November 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The clip was extracted from Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s address at a public gathering in Dongargarh, Chhattisgarh on November 9, 2018, where his statement was actually a dig at prime minister Modi. The full video of his speech was uploaded by Congress, where at 8:27 minutes, he says,\u00a0<em>&#8220;\u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940\u091c\u0940 \u091c\u0948\u0938\u0947 \u0915\u0939\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948 \u0928\u093e \u092d\u0908\u092f\u093e \u091a\u093e\u0901\u0926 \u0915\u094b \u092e\u0948\u0902 \u0907\u0927\u0930 \u0938\u0947 \u0909\u0927\u0930 \u0915\u0930 \u0926\u0942\u0902\u0917\u093e\u0964 \u092e\u0941\u091d\u0947 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0927\u093e\u0928 \u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u092c\u0928\u093e \u0926\u094b \u0924\u094b \u0938\u0942\u0930\u091c \u0907\u0938 \u0938\u093e\u0907\u0921 \u0938\u0947 \u0909\u0917\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0909\u0938\u0947 \u0907\u0938 \u0938\u093e\u0907\u0921 \u0938\u0947 \u0909\u0920\u093e \u0926\u0942\u0902\u0917\u093e. \u0910\u0938\u0940 \u092c\u093e\u0924\u0947\u0902 \u092e\u0948\u0902 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0915\u0930\u0942\u0901\u0917\u093e&#8230;(Like Modiji says that brothers I will shift the moon from here to there. <strong>If you make me the prime minister then the sun which rises from this side, I will make it rise from that side.<\/strong> I will not indulge in such talks&#8230;)&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IndianNationalCongress\/videos\/1863442133705731\/\" data-width=\"350\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IndianNationalCongress\/videos\/1863442133705731\/\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IndianNationalCongress\/videos\/1863442133705731\/\">LIVE: Public Meeting at Dongargarh, Chhattisgarh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>LIVE: Congress President Rahul Gandhi addresses a public gathering in Dongargarh, Chhattisgarh. #GadhboNavaChhattisgarh<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IndianNationalCongress\/\">Indian National Congress<\/a> on Friday, 9 November 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>This misinformation was earlier debunked by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/fact-check\/story\/fact-check-no-rahul-gandhi-didn-t-say-he-will-make-sun-rise-from-the-west-1385997-2018-11-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>India Today<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;Potato-gold machine&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>In 2017, a video of Rahul Gandhi saying,\u00a0<em>&#8220;\u0910\u0938\u0940 \u092e\u0936\u0940\u0928 \u0932\u0917\u093e\u090a\u0902\u0917\u093e \u0907\u0938 \u0938\u093e\u0907\u0921 \u0938\u0947 \u0906\u0932\u0942 \u0918\u0941\u0938\u0947\u0917\u093e \u0909\u0938 \u0938\u093e\u0907\u0921 \u0938\u0947 \u0938\u094b\u0928\u093e \u0928\u093f\u0915\u0932\u0947\u0917\u093e &#8230;(Will install such a machine that if a potato is inserted from one end, gold will come out from the other end.)&#8221; <\/em>was shared by BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya who claimed that the Congress president made this statement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">People are sending this to me and asking in disbelief if he actually said this.. Of course he did! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rgdTf26ARv\">pic.twitter.com\/rgdTf26ARv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amitmalviya\/status\/930632917289787393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This too was a clipped video of a much longer speech where Rahul Gandhi was actually taking a dig at PM Modi during an address in Gujarat&#8217;s Patan on November 12, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The complete video was uploaded on the Congress president&#8217;s YouTube channel where at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/za0kyeWDGjY?t=1071\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">17:50 minutes<\/a> he can be heard saying,\u00a0<em>&#8220;\u0915\u0941\u091b \u092e\u0939\u0940\u0928\u0947 \u092a\u0939\u0932\u0947 \u092f\u0939\u093e\u0901 \u092c\u093e\u095d \u0906\u092f\u0940 \u096b\u0966\u0966 \u0915\u0930\u094b\u095c \u0930\u0941\u092a\u092f\u0947 \u0926\u0942\u0902\u0917\u093e, (\u092a\u0940\u090f\u092e \u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u0928\u0947) \u090f\u0915 \u092d\u0940 \u0930\u0942\u092a\u092f\u093e \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e. \u0906\u0932\u0942 \u0915\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u0938\u093e\u0928\u094b \u0915\u094b \u0915\u0939\u093e \u0910\u0938\u0940 \u092e\u0936\u0940\u0928 \u0932\u0917\u093e\u090a\u0902\u0917\u093e \u0907\u0938 \u0938\u093e\u0907\u0921 \u0938\u0947 \u0906\u0932\u0942 \u0918\u0941\u0938\u0947\u0917\u093e \u0909\u0938 \u0938\u093e\u0907\u0921 \u0938\u0947 \u0938\u094b\u0928\u093e \u0928\u093f\u0915\u0932\u0947\u0917\u093e&#8230;\u092e\u0947\u0930\u0947 \u0936\u092c\u094d\u0926 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u0948 \u0928\u0930\u0947\u0902\u0926\u094d\u0930 \u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940\u091c\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u0936\u092c\u094d\u0926 \u0939\u0948. (A few months ago there was a flood here and he (PM Modi) said he will give Rs 500 crore but not even a rupee was given. He told potato farmers, will install such a machine that if a potato is inserted from one end, gold will come out from the other end&#8230;these are not my words but Narendra Modiji&#8217;s words.)&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u092a\u0940\u090f\u092e \u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u092b\u0948\u0938\u0932\u094b\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u091c\u0942\u091d \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0917\u0941\u091c\u0930\u093e\u0924 | \u0930\u093e\u0939\u0941\u0932 \u0917\u093e\u0901\u0927\u0940\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/za0kyeWDGjY?start=1071&#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>The truth about the clipped video was brought out by many media organisations, including\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/news\/politics\/whats-cooking-the-truth-behind-rahul-gandhis-viral-potato-gold-speech-1578233.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">News18<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thequint.com\/news\/webqoof\/rahul-gandhi-potato-comment-gujarat-narendra-modi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Quint<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W4lXJyNKuQs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ABP News<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/trending\/trending-in-india\/rahul-gandhi-gujarat-speech-viral-video-potato-to-gold-twitter-reactions-4938939\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Indian Express<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>These are only a few examples, but misleading videos crop up every now and then on social media to target the Congress president. Misinformation has been used in the past to claim that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/did-rahul-gandhi-claim-gandhijis-non-violence-was-inspired-by-islam-clipped-video-viral\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rahul Gandhi said that Mahatma Gandhi&#8217;s non-violence was inspired by Islam<\/a>. His video of praying at a Dargah was pushed with the narrative that he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-of-rahul-gandhi-paying-tribute-at-dargah-viral-as-praying-for-muslim-kingdom-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">praying for a Muslim kingdom in India<\/a>. There have also been false claims of him taking a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/rahul-gandhi-targeted-again-over-farm-loan-waiver-clipped-video-viral\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U-turn on farm loan waivers<\/a>\u00a0and that he termed former Karnataka CM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-circulates-with-false-claim-that-rahul-gandhi-termed-siddaramaiah-govt-as-corrupt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Siddaramaiah&#8217;s government corrupt<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the early hours of February 13, a certain Twitter hashtag gained substantial momentum to share space with the top trends of the day on the micro-blogging website. #RahulGandhiPagalHai\u00a0or &#8216;Rahul Gandhi is mad&#8217; transformed into a top trend after multiple users began posting similar tweets with the said hashtag.\u00a0 However, in the midst of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":27940,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[141],"class_list":["post-27924","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 - 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