{"id":299682,"date":"2025-05-29T12:02:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T06:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=299682"},"modified":"2025-05-29T22:51:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T17:21:30","slug":"allegations-that-same-person-posed-as-porter-on-one-occasion-and-du-student-on-another-with-rahul-gandhi-baseless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/allegations-that-same-person-posed-as-porter-on-one-occasion-and-du-student-on-another-with-rahul-gandhi-baseless\/","title":{"rendered":"Allegations that same person posed as porter on one occasion and DU student on another with Rahul Gandhi baseless"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a veiled attack on Congress, several social media users implied that party leader Rahul Gandhi was giving the false impression of interacting with different sets of people. Comparing his interactions from two separate occasions, they said the same person could be seen sitting with Gandhi, once dressed as a coolie or railway porter and then appearing as a student of Delhi University.<\/p>\n<p>Verified X user (<span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BeingPolitical1\/status\/1927282230293897365?t=XeHxIFvU5q7xG446vxgiNw&amp;s=08\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@BeingPolitical1<\/a>) shared the images of his interactions side-by-side, alleging that the same person was doubling as a porter and a student on different days. At the time of this article being written, the post racked up nearly 800,000 views and was reshared 5,000 times. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/N6uNz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">Rahul Gandhi Drama Company<\/p>\n<p>Ek din Coolie<br \/>\nEk din Du ka student <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u1hyGX5Xln\">pic.twitter.com\/u1hyGX5Xln<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Being Political (@BeingPolitical1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeingPolitical1\/status\/1927282230293897365?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The pro-Right X handle, Hindutva Knight (<span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HPhobiaWatch\/status\/1927306036446126470?t=A5nfuxfd2ygGB6hHoDY3nw&amp;s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@HPhobiaWatch<\/a>), also shared the images with a similar claim. <span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">Alt News has previously\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?s=%40HPhobiaWatch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called out this user<\/a><\/span>\u00a0for amplifying communal misinformation. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/JfJOR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">US Polo shirt wearing DU student on odd days<br \/>\nAdidas shoe wearing Coolie on even days<\/p>\n<p>This is how India became 4th largest economy under Modi Govt <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rOiesqt9hm\">pic.twitter.com\/rOiesqt9hm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hindutva Knight (@HPhobiaWatch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HPhobiaWatch\/status\/1927306036446126470?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Another X user, Jitendra Pratap Singh (<span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jpsin1\/status\/1927289189067899080?t=kYWaaW6JA2j56RDuoO6zUg&amp;s=08\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@jpsin1<\/a>), also posted the comparison images with the same claim. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/hNpnj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a>)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0935\u0939\u0940 \u0915\u092d\u0940 \u0915\u0941\u0932\u0940 \u092c\u0928 \u091c\u093e\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0935\u0939\u0940 \u0915\u092d\u0940 \u0921\u093f\u092f\u0942 \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u094d\u091f\u0942\u0921\u0947\u0902\u091f \u092c\u0928 \u091c\u093e\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902\u0964<\/p>\n<p>\u0938\u093e\u0932\u093e \u0907\u0938\u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092d\u0940 \u0918\u094b\u091f\u093e\u0932\u093e<br \/>\n\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude0a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8UQPQDg9ua\">pic.twitter.com\/8UQPQDg9ua<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3Jitendra pratap singh\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@jpsin1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jpsin1\/status\/1927289189067899080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Other X users, such as <span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rahuldev2\/status\/1927263710076092628\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@rahuldev2<\/a>, <\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BesuraTaansane\/status\/1927404735427916285?t=D58wdkiZ68R6zNWtkvpF9Q&amp;s=08\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@BesuraTaansane<\/a> and <\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChandanSharmaG\/status\/1927294861595586578?t=04kPqe-6IXoAXE0odBz5QA&amp;s=08\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ChandanSharmaG<\/a> also amplified these allegations. (Archives <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/AYKYG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/v4aZz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/aBuCZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-299682 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/allegations-that-same-person-posed-as-porter-on-one-occasion-and-du-student-on-another-with-rahul-gandhi-baseless\/screenshot_3-17\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"529\" height=\"867\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_3.jpg 529w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_3-183x300.jpg 183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/allegations-that-same-person-posed-as-porter-on-one-occasion-and-du-student-on-another-with-rahul-gandhi-baseless\/screenshot_2-15\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_2.jpg 731w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_2-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/allegations-that-same-person-posed-as-porter-on-one-occasion-and-du-student-on-another-with-rahul-gandhi-baseless\/screenshot_1-13\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"824\" height=\"831\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_1.jpg 824w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_1-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_1-768x775.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Fact Check<\/h4>\n<p>To verify the authenticity of the claims, we first looked for the source images used in the comparison.<\/p>\n<p>On March 1, 2025, Rahul Gandhi shared some images from his meeting with porters at the New Delhi Railway Station. The Congress leader was thanking them for their service following the stampede that took place at the station on February 15, when the Maha Kumbh Mela was underway, in which at least 18 died, and many were injured.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0905\u0915\u094d\u0938\u0930 \u0938\u092c\u0938\u0947 \u0905\u0902\u0927\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u092d\u0930\u0947 \u0938\u092e\u092f \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0939\u0940 \u0907\u0902\u0938\u093e\u0928\u093f\u092f\u0924 \u0915\u0940 \u0930\u094b\u0936\u0928\u0940 \u0938\u092c\u0938\u0947 \u091c\u093c\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0926\u093e \u091a\u092e\u0915\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0964<\/p>\n<p>\u0928\u0908 \u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940 \u0930\u0947\u0932\u0935\u0947 \u0938\u094d\u091f\u0947\u0936\u0928 \u092a\u0930 \u092d\u0917\u0926\u0921\u093c \u0915\u0947 \u0926\u094c\u0930\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u0941\u0932\u0940 \u092d\u093e\u0907\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0928\u0947 \u0907\u0902\u0938\u093e\u0928\u093f\u092f\u0924 \u0915\u0940 \u092e\u093f\u0938\u093e\u0932 \u092a\u0947\u0936 \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0941\u090f \u0915\u0908 \u092f\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0930\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0940 \u091c\u093e\u0928 \u092c\u091a\u093e\u0908 \u0925\u0940\u0964 \u0907\u0938\u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u092e\u0948\u0902\u0928\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0936\u0935\u093e\u0938\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0940 \u0913\u0930 \u0938\u0947 \u0906\u091c \u0909\u0928\u0915\u093e \u0927\u0928\u094d\u092f\u0935\u093e\u0926 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0964<\/p>\n<p>\u0932\u0947\u0915\u093f\u0928 \u0910\u0938\u0947 \u0939\u093e\u0926\u0938\u094b\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u0938\u0940\u0916 \u0932\u0947\u0928\u093e\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w4DHfrGEdH\">pic.twitter.com\/w4DHfrGEdH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RahulGandhi\/status\/1895849019118588371?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We also found a video of this interaction uploaded on Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s official YouTube channel on March 5.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WUkNveqLOdk?si=fR0stme7hodkSXA6&amp;start=286]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The other picture, which allegedly shows the same person appearing to be a student, has been taken from a meeting between Rahul Gandhi and the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU). The official X handle of the Indian Youth Congress (<span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IYC\/status\/1927232891261514142?t=k1fN20RGN-ynJJsFayWsDA&amp;s=08\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@IYC<\/a>) had posted about this meeting on May 27.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">LoP Shri <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RahulGandhi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RahulGandhi<\/a> interacted with DUSU students and united in the fight against BJP\/RSS&#8217;s anti-reservation agenda.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not Found Suitable&#8221; (NFS) is the new face of Manuvad , a deliberate tool to exclude SC\/ST\/OBC candidates from education and leadership roles.<\/p>\n<p>At Delhi\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o6zHdFSDu1\">pic.twitter.com\/o6zHdFSDu1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Indian Youth Congress (@IYC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IYC\/status\/1927232891261514142?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A video of this interaction was also shared on Gandhi&#8217;s YouTube channel on May 27.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3KBqdzdvru0?si=BV-LAruV6SsGt92k]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Based on these images and videos, we closely examined the two people that social media users claimed were the same person. The comparison below clearly shows that these allegations do not hold water.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-299706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-from-viral-video-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1182\" height=\"702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-from-viral-video-4.jpg 1182w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-from-viral-video-4-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-from-viral-video-4-1024x608.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-from-viral-video-4-768x456.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1182px) 100vw, 1182px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News was also able to confirm the identity of the person highlighted in the DUSU meeting. He is Lokesh Choudhary, the joint-secretary of the student body (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Lokeshnsui9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Lokeshnsui9<\/a>). On May 28, Choudhary also <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Lokeshnsui9\/status\/1927593584158511156\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">responded<\/a> to the viral claims, calling them claims spread out of fear by Right-wing social media users and the BJP.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-299779 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-29-at-03.30.45.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"443\" height=\"689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-29-at-03.30.45.jpg 606w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-29-at-03.30.45-193x300.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thus, claims implying that Rahul Gandhi and the Congress employed &#8216;actors&#8217; to pose as different people for their interactions are baseless. Alt News was able to verify that the two people social media users claimed were the same are, indeed, two different individuals, with one of them being Delhi University student body secretary Lokesh Choudhary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a veiled attack on Congress, several social media users implied that party leader Rahul Gandhi was giving the false impression of interacting with different sets of people. 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