{"id":33789,"date":"2019-04-18T20:25:18","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T14:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=33789"},"modified":"2019-04-18T20:25:18","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T14:55:18","slug":"rahul-gandhis-name-misspelled-on-congress-banner-photoshopped-image-shared-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/rahul-gandhis-name-misspelled-on-congress-banner-photoshopped-image-shared-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s name misspelled on Congress banner? Photoshopped image shared on social media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An image of a Congress banner is circulating across social media platforms. It shows Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s last name replaced with an abusive word. A Twitter user <span class=\"FullNameGroup\">Chowkidar Pooran Bajaj Bjp\u200f, who is followed by railway minister Piyush Goyal, was among those who shared the poster.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u0947\u0930\u0932 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940 \u0915\u094b GANDU \u0915\u0939\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e ??? \u0935\u093e\u092f\u0928\u093e\u0921 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0907\u0938\u0915\u094b \u091a\u093e\u0930 \u0926\u093f\u0928 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092a\u0939\u091a\u093e\u0928 \u0917\u090f \u0932\u0947\u0915\u093f\u0928 \u091a\u092e\u091a\u0947 \u0907\u0938\u0915\u094b \u0906\u091c \u0924\u0915 \u0928\u0939\u0940 \u092a\u0939\u091a\u093e\u0928 \u092a\u093e\u090f&#8230;.\u092d\u093e\u0908 \u0915\u0947\u0930\u0932 \u092e\u0947\u0902 100% \u0932\u093f\u091f\u0930\u0947\u0938\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u092a\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0928\u093e \u0906\u092a\u0915\u094b .<br \/>\n\u0915\u093f\u0924\u0928\u093e \u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0938\u092e\u094d\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u092e\u093f\u0932\u093e \u0939\u0948 &#8221; SHRI RAHUL GANDU \u091c\u0940 \u0915\u094b&#8221;<br \/>\n\u092f\u0939 \u092e\u0948\u0902 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0915\u0939 \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0942\u0901 \u092a\u094b\u0938\u094d\u091f\u0930 \u0915\u0939 \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I36dsDQa2Z\">pic.twitter.com\/I36dsDQa2Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chowkidar Pooran Bajaj Bjp (@bajajpooran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bajajpooran\/status\/1118120624872837120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Another user followed by Goyal, Sashi <em>(@Patlliputra),\u00a0<\/em>also circulated the poster.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u0947\u0930\u0932 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940 \u0915\u094b GANDU \u0915\u0939\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e ??? \u0935\u093e\u092f\u0928\u093e\u0921 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0907\u0938\u0915\u094b \u091a\u093e\u0930 \u0926\u093f\u0928 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092a\u0939\u091a\u093e\u0928 \u0917\u090f \u0932\u0947\u0915\u093f\u0928 \u091a\u092e\u091a\u0947 \u0907\u0938\u0915\u094b \u0906\u091c \u0924\u0915 \u0928\u0939\u0940 \u092a\u0939\u091a\u093e\u0928 \u092a\u093e\u090f&#8230;.\u092d\u093e\u0908 \u0915\u0947\u0930\u0932 \u092e\u0947\u0902 100% \u0932\u093f\u091f\u0930\u0947\u0938\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u092a\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0928\u093e \u0906\u092a\u0915\u094b &#8230;.<br \/>\n\u0915\u093f\u0924\u0928\u093e \u092e\u093e\u0928 \u0938\u092e\u094d\u092e\u093e\u0928 \u092e\u093f\u0932\u093e \u0939\u0948 &#8221; SHRI RAHUL GANDU \u091c\u0940 \u0915\u094b&#8221;<br \/>\n\u092f\u0939 \u092e\u0948\u0902 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0915\u0939 \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0942\u0901 \u092a\u094b\u0938\u094d\u091f\u0930 \u0915\u0939 \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RW7GjStfod\">pic.twitter.com\/RW7GjStfod<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sashi (@Patlliputra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Patlliputra\/status\/1118536913093193728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Alt News found that the identical image was viral last year. Sanjib Ghosh, who is followed by BJP Delhi spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga, apart from being followed by Goyal, had shared it on August 2018.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;RAHUL GANDU&#8221; ji&#8230;\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude1c<\/p>\n<p>See the poster for our Rahul baba during his recent visit at LB Nagar, Hyderabad&#8230;.. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2thDnw7Iar\">pic.twitter.com\/2thDnw7Iar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sanjib Ghosh \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 \u09b8\u099e\u09cd\u099c\u09c0\u09ac (@sampadscales) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sampadscales\/status\/1029659956335673345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>Photoshopped<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Last year, a Twitter user Madhusagar had replied to a person who had shared the image that the banner was fake. Madhusagar had posted an original photograph of the Congress poster, which clearly said &#8211; <em>&#8220;Rahul Gandhi.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Fake banner <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iB5rSYHBbs\">pic.twitter.com\/iB5rSYHBbs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Madhusagar (@madhusagardsr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/madhusagardsr\/status\/1029992950648922112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Alt News also found that a Telugu website, <a href=\"https:\/\/telugurajyam.com\/rahul-tour-success-congress-to-fight-trs-fake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Telugu Rajyam<\/a>, had debunked the image when it was viral in 2018. This website too had uploaded an original photograph of the poster.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33799 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/download-9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"858\" height=\"736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/download-9.png 858w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/download-9-300x257.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/download-9-768x659.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We further discovered a YouTube channel\u00a0<em>B News\u00a0<\/em>which had shared a video of the real hoarding.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sach Ki Jaanch..! Viral- Rahul Gandhi Banner Ka Sach....! 22-08-2018\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xcUrOZu2P6k?start=141&#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>Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s name on the original banner was, thus, photoshopped with an offensive word. Earlier, Alt News had found that a poster of the Aam Aadmi Party was photoshopped in a similar manner to target <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/bjp-mla-vijender-gupta-tweets-photoshopped-image-of-arvind-kejriwals-campaign-poster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image of a Congress banner is circulating across social media platforms. It shows Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s last name replaced with an abusive word. A Twitter user Chowkidar Pooran Bajaj Bjp\u200f, who is followed by railway minister Piyush Goyal, was among those who shared the poster.\u00a0 \u0915\u0947\u0930\u0932 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940 \u0915\u094b GANDU \u0915\u0939\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e ??? \u0935\u093e\u092f\u0928\u093e\u0921 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":33804,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[141],"class_list":["post-33789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/04\/download-10.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33789","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\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33789"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33809,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33789\/revisions\/33809"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33789"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=33789"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=33789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}