{"id":31653,"date":"2019-03-26T17:44:37","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T12:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=31653"},"modified":"2019-03-26T17:44:37","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T12:14:37","slug":"did-rahul-gandhi-announce-contradictory-figures-as-part-of-minimum-income-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/did-rahul-gandhi-announce-contradictory-figures-as-part-of-minimum-income-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Rahul Gandhi announce contradictory figures as part of minimum income scheme?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A claim viral on social media suggests that Rahul Gandhi, during his press conference regarding the minimum income guarantee scheme, promised Rs 12,000 per month to the poor, but said that Rs 72,000 will be deposited in their accounts every year. Mocking the Congress President’s math, several individual users and pages on social media raised questions on the remaining Rs 72,000.<\/p>\n

Among those at the forefront of making the assertion was a former officer of the Indian airforce and an incumbent BJP member, Major Surendra Poonia (archive<\/a>). At the time of writing this article, the video of Rahul Gandhi shared by Poonia received nearly 45,000 views and 6,000 retweets.<\/p>\n

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#MinimumIncomeGuarantee<\/a> \u092f\u094b\u091c\u0928\u093e \u0915\u0940 \u0917\u0923\u093f\u0924 \u0926\u0947\u0916\u094b
\n12,000\/\u092e\u0939\u0940\u0928\u093e \u0926\u0947\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u0935\u093e\u0926\u093e
\n12,000×12=1,44000\/\u0938\u093e\u0932 \u0915\u093e
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\u092c\u093e\u0915\u093c\u0940 72,000 \u0915\u0939\u093e\u0901 \u091c\u093e\u092f\u0947\u0902\u0917\u0947\ud83e\udd14?
\n\u0905\u092a\u0928\u0940 \u091c\u0947\u092c \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092f\u093e Swish \u092c\u0948\u0902\u0915 \u092e\u0947\u0902<\/p>\n

\u0930\u093e\u0939\u0941\u0932\u091c\u0940 \u0917\u0923\u093f\u0924 \u0938\u0940\u0916 \u0932\u094b\ud83d\ude4f\u0926\u0947\u0936 @narendramodi<\/a> \u091c\u0940 \u091a\u0932\u093e \u0932\u0947\u0902\u0917\u0947 pic.twitter.com\/T3vdG7negp<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Major Surendra Poonia (@MajorPoonia) March 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Another Twitter handle\u00a0@narendramodi177<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>also shared the video that drew over 20,000 views (archive<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The footage consists of two clips where, in the one on the left, Gandhi can be heard saying – “\u092e\u0948\u0902 \u092f\u0947 \u0906\u092a\u0915\u094b, \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u0940 \u091c\u0928\u0924\u093e \u0915\u094b, \u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u0917\u0930\u0940\u092c\u094b \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u0939\u0928\u093e \u091a\u093e\u0939\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0941 \u0915\u0940 \u0932\u093e\u0907\u0928 12,000 \u0930\u0941\u092a\u090f \u092e\u0939\u0940\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u0939\u094b\u0917\u0940.\u00a0 (I want to tell you, India’s citizens, India’s poor that the line will be Rs 12,000 per month.)”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

In the clip on the right, the Congress President says,\u00a0“\u092c\u0940\u0938 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0924\u0940\u0936\u0924 \u0938\u092c\u0938\u0947 \u0917\u0930\u0940\u092c \u092a\u0930\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0930\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u0939\u0930 \u0938\u093e\u0932 \u092c\u0939\u0924\u094d\u0924\u0930 \u0939\u095b\u093e\u0930 \u0930\u0942\u092a\u090f \u0926\u0947\u0928\u0947 \u091c\u093e \u0930\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948. (20% of the poorest families will receive Rs 72,000 per year.)”\u00a0<\/em>The video was created by a Facebook page Nation Wants NaMo<\/a> (archive<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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\u0905\u092d\u0940 \u0938\u0947 \u0918\u094b\u091f\u093e\u0932\u093e \u0936\u0941\u0930\u0942?<\/p>\n

Posted by Nation Wants NaMo<\/a> on Monday, 25 March 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Clipped video<\/h2>\n

The video viral on social media has been created by clipping parts of Rahul Gandhi’s March 25 press briefing on the minimum income guarantee scheme. The complete video reveals that the Congress President did not say that Rs 12,000 per month will be given to the poor and this amounts to Rs 72,000 a year.<\/p>\n

He, in fact, said that the individuals with income below Rs 12,000 will be the beneficiaries of the scheme, receiving a maximum of Rs 72,000 per year in their bank accounts.<\/p>\n