{"id":31183,"date":"2019-03-22T17:59:26","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T12:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=31183"},"modified":"2019-03-22T17:59:26","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T12:29:26","slug":"alpesh-thakors-rally-video-morphed-with-pro-modi-chants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/alpesh-thakors-rally-video-morphed-with-pro-modi-chants\/","title":{"rendered":"Alpesh Thakor\u2019s rally video morphed with pro-Modi chants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video of Gujarat Congress leader Alpesh Thakor\u2019s rally, where he can be heard asking the crowd to cheer for Congress President Rahul Gandhi, and the crowd responding with &#8220;Modi Modi&#8221; chants, is being shared extensively on social media.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/manish.mantri.37\/videos\/2738584329501991\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"false\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/manish.mantri.37\/videos\/2738584329501991\/\"><p>\u0917\u0941\u091c\u0930\u093e\u0924 \u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0939\u092e\u0926\u0928\u0917\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 #\u0930\u093e\u0939\u0941\u0932_\u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0930\u0948\u0932\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938 \u0935\u093f\u0927\u093e\u092f\u0915 #\u0905\u0932\u094d\u092a\u0947\u0936_\u0920\u093e\u0915\u094b\u0930 \u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938 \u0930\u093e\u0939\u0941\u0932 \u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u0928\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0932\u0917\u093e\u092f\u093e #\u091c\u0928\u0924\u093e \u0928\u0947 #\u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u0928\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0932\u0917\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0905\u0932\u094d\u092a\u0947\u0936 \u0920\u093e\u0915\u0941\u0930 \u092c\u094b\u0932\u0947 \u092c\u0938 \u092c\u0938 \ud83d\ude01\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude01\ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/manish.mantri.37\">Manish Mantri<\/a> on Saturday, 16 March 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The caption reads: <em>&#8220;\u0917\u0941\u091c\u0930\u093e\u0924 \u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0939\u092e\u0926\u0928\u0917\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0930\u093e\u0939\u0941\u0932_\u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0930\u0948\u0932\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938 \u0935\u093f\u0927\u093e\u092f\u0915 \u0905\u0932\u094d\u092a\u0947\u0936 \u0920\u093e\u0915\u094b\u0930 \u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938 \u0930\u093e\u0939\u0941\u0932 \u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u0928\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0932\u0917\u093e\u092f\u093e \u091c\u0928\u0924\u093e \u0928\u0947 \u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u0928\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0932\u0917\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0905\u0932\u094d\u092a\u0947\u0936 \u0920\u093e\u0915\u0941\u0930 \u092c\u094b\u0932\u0947 \u092c\u0938 \u092c\u0938&#8221; (Congress leader Alpesh Thakor wanted people to chant slogans in favour of Gandhi at a rally held by Rahul Gandhi in Ahmednagar (Gujarat) and people shouted, &#8220;Modi Modi&#8221;, then Thakor said that&#8217;s enough -translated)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The same video with the identical narrative is viral on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2%20%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6%20%E0%A4%A0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2%20%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6%20%E0%A4%A0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80&amp;epa=SERP_TAB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> alike.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0917\u0941\u091c\u0930\u093e\u0924 \u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0939\u092e\u0926\u0928\u0917\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%80?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0930\u093e\u0939\u0941\u0932_\u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940<\/a> \u0915\u0940 \u0930\u0948\u0932\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938 \u0935\u093f\u0927\u093e\u092f\u0915 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6_%E0%A4%A0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0905\u0932\u094d\u092a\u0947\u0936_\u0920\u093e\u0915\u094b\u0930<\/a> \u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938 \u0930\u093e\u0939\u0941\u0932 \u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u0928\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0932\u0917\u093e\u092f\u093e <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u091c\u0928\u0924\u093e<\/a> \u0928\u0947 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940<\/a> \u0915\u093e \u0928\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0932\u0917\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0905\u0932\u094d\u092a\u0947\u0936 \u0920\u093e\u0915\u0941\u0930 \u092c\u094b\u0932\u0947 \u092c\u0938 \u092c\u0938 \ud83d\ude01\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude01\ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3iOblHREav\">pic.twitter.com\/3iOblHREav<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chowkidar Sandeep Kapoor (@Sandeepkapoor01) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sandeepkapoor01\/status\/1106919640435814400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Edited video viral since 2017<\/h2>\n<p>Alt News found that the video had been morphed, with the audio being superimposed with <em>\u201cModi Modi\u201d<\/em> chants to demonstrate the response from the crowd when Alpesh Thakor requested to chant slogans in favour of Rahul Gandhi.\u00a0At 33:29 mins, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IX9iAy1faAA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">extended<\/a> video of the rally uploaded by Gujarat Congress on their YouTube Channel, when Alpesh Thakor had asked people to raise slogans in support of Gandhi, they actually said,<em> &#8220;Rahul Gandhi Zindabad&#8221;.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Navsarjan Janadesh Mahasammelan at Gandhinagar\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IX9iAy1faAA?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>In 2017, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QGeUo12YQek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>ABP News<\/em><\/a> had fact-checked the same edited video, when it had gone viral on social media during the Gujarat Assembly election. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thequint.com\/news\/webqoof\/viral-video-modi-chants-in-alpesh-thakor-rally-edited\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Despite<\/a> several media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thequint.com\/news\/webqoof\/viral-video-modi-chants-in-alpesh-thakor-rally-edited\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">outlets<\/a> debunking the video, it continues to circulate on social media. With the general election around the corner, social media users should be circumspect about viral images and videos, which may be propagated by supporters of political parties to mislead voters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video of Gujarat Congress leader Alpesh Thakor\u2019s rally, where he can be heard asking the crowd to cheer for Congress President Rahul Gandhi, and the crowd responding with &#8220;Modi Modi&#8221; chants, is being shared extensively on social media. \u0917\u0941\u091c\u0930\u093e\u0924 \u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0939\u092e\u0926\u0928\u0917\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 #\u0930\u093e\u0939\u0941\u0932_\u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0930\u0948\u0932\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938 \u0935\u093f\u0927\u093e\u092f\u0915 #\u0905\u0932\u094d\u092a\u0947\u0936_\u0920\u093e\u0915\u094b\u0930 \u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938 \u0930\u093e\u0939\u0941\u0932 \u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940 \u0915\u093e [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":31233,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[152],"class_list":["post-31183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/03\/Thakor-INC.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31183","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=31183"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31340,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31183\/revisions\/31340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31183"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=31183"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=31183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}