{"id":32278,"date":"2019-04-03T13:14:41","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T07:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=32278"},"modified":"2019-04-03T13:14:41","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T07:44:41","slug":"fake-newspaper-clip-no-rahul-gandhi-did-not-call-baniyas-thieves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fake-newspaper-clip-no-rahul-gandhi-did-not-call-baniyas-thieves\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake newspaper clip: No, Rahul Gandhi did not call baniyas ‘thieves’"},"content":{"rendered":"

An image of what appears to be a newspaper clip is being shared on social media and messaging platforms, according to which Congress President Rahul Gandhi had called the baniya <\/em>(trader) community ‘thieves’ who indulge in racketeering for profit. According to this clipping, Gandhi had made this statement during campaigning ahead of the assembly election in Rajasthan in 2018.<\/p>\n

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Posted by Agra Duniya<\/a> on\u00a0Monday, April 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

The image has been shared mostly by individual users on Facebook along with a message which reads, “Look my vaishya brothers, how Pappu (Rahul Gandhi) called all baniyas thieves by repeatedly calling Modi ji a chor. He himself has built a fortune through loot and thinks all people are thieves. Now see how the baniyas of the country show him his place” (translated from Hindi).<\/em><\/p>\n

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It is also circulating on WhatsApp. Several Alt News followers sent us the image, asking whether it is true.<\/p>\n

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Fake newspaper clip<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The purported newspaper clip carrying Rahul Gandhi’s supposed statement on the baniya<\/em> community is an outright fake. Had the Congress President indeed made such a statement, it would have been reported extensively by the media. Alt News searched the newspaper clip with different keywords, but found no result.<\/p>\n

Shared earlier in the name of Amit Shah<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A version of the same clipping also went viral on social media ahead of the Rajasthan assembly elections in December 2018. Back then, it was BJP President Amit Shah who had supposedly abused the baniya<\/em> community. Among those who had shared this fake clipping<\/a> was former Union Minister and Congress leader Pawan Kumar Bansal.<\/p>\n

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Identical introduction except for few words<\/h3>\n

Alt News found that apart from the identical headlines, the introductory paragraphs of the articles are almost identical except for the name of two different leaders and parties.<\/p>\n

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It may be reiterated that this newspaper clipping is fake. Neither Rahul Gandhi nor Amit Shah has made any such remark in the past about the baniya<\/em> community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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