{"id":47252,"date":"2019-09-26T21:23:11","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T15:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=47252"},"modified":"2021-09-23T19:57:53","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T14:27:53","slug":"did-rahul-gandhi-cut-manmohan-singhs-birthday-cake-old-unrelated-video-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/did-rahul-gandhi-cut-manmohan-singhs-birthday-cake-old-unrelated-video-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Rahul Gandhi cut Manmohan Singh&#8217;s birthday cake? Old, unrelated video viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video of Rahul Gandhi cutting a cake with Manmohan Singh has been shared on social media with the claim that Gandhi did not let the former PM cut his own birthday cake.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">He was not even allowed to cut his own birthday cake.<\/p>\n<p>Only fools and stupid liberals will believe that he was allowed to run the Government for ten long years \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bWkgLPa2Wk\">pic.twitter.com\/bWkgLPa2Wk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 C T Ravi \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 \u0cb8\u0cbf \u0c9f\u0cbf \u0cb0\u0cb5\u0cbf (@CTRavi_BJP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CTRavi_BJP\/status\/1440717775333249035?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">He was not able to cut even his birthday cake on his own?!\ud83d\ude46\ud83d\ude46 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5VSOF3fdIg\">pic.twitter.com\/5VSOF3fdIg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Priti Gandhi &#8211; \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0940\u0924\u093f \u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940 (@MrsGandhi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrsGandhi\/status\/1440714526299607047?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The video was also shared earlier in May.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\ud83d\uded1\ud83d\udfe1\ud83d\uded1<\/p>\n<p>\u091c\u093f\u0938\u0915\u094b \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u091c\u0928\u094d\u092e\u0926\u093f\u0928 \u092a\u0930 \u0915\u0947\u0915 \u0924\u0915 \u0928\u0939\u0940 \u0915\u093e\u091f\u0928\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0924\u0947 \u0925\u0947 \u0938\u094b\u091a\u094b \u0909\u0938\u0928\u0947 10 \u0938\u093e\u0932\u094b \u0924\u0915 \u0938\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0948\u0938\u0947 \u091a\u0932\u093e\u0908 \u0939\u094b\u0917\u0940<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude03\ud83d\ude03\u092c\u0938 \u0907\u0928\u0915\u094b \u090f\u0915 \u0910\u0938\u093e \u0939\u0940 \u0917\u0941\u0932\u093e\u092e \u091a\u093e\u0939\u093f\u090f \u0925\u093e \u0914\u0930 \u092e\u093f\u0932 \u092d\u0940 \u0917\u092f\u093e\ud83d\ude04\ud83d\ude03\ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p>PM, \u0915\u0940 \u0905\u0938\u0932\u0940 \u0936\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0939\u094b\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u092f\u0947 \u0924\u094b \u0906\u091c \u092a\u0924\u093e \u091a\u0932 \u0930\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0914\u0930 \u0907\u0938\u0932\u093f\u090f \u0939\u0940 \u092f\u0947 \u092a\u092a\u094d\u092a\u0942 \u0916\u093e\u0928 \u0914\u0930 \u0917\u0941\u0932\u093e\u092e \u092a\u0930\u0947\u0936\u093e\u0928 \u0939\u0948\u0902<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t3y75GGFnL\">pic.twitter.com\/t3y75GGFnL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0942 \u0930\u093e\u091c\u0947\u0936 \u092a\u0930\u093f\u0939\u093e\u0930\ud83d\udea9\u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\ude4f (@RajeshParihar1P) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RajeshParihar1P\/status\/1398267894199250944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 28, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It had been circulating on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/274785062994550\/permalink\/1186183278521386\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>. Alt News received verification requests for the video on its WhatsApp helpline number (+91 76000 11160).<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-47252 gallery-columns-2 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\/did-rahul-gandhi-cut-manmohan-singhs-birthday-cake-old-unrelated-video-viral\/1de697c0-db0b-47f3-a4ae-cf3c333a767d\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"674\" height=\"808\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/1de697c0-db0b-47f3-a4ae-cf3c333a767d.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/1de697c0-db0b-47f3-a4ae-cf3c333a767d.jpg 674w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/1de697c0-db0b-47f3-a4ae-cf3c333a767d-250x300.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/did-rahul-gandhi-cut-manmohan-singhs-birthday-cake-old-unrelated-video-viral\/screen-shot-2021-06-02-at-1-08-55-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-02-at-1.08.55-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-02-at-1.08.55-PM.png 760w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-02-at-1.08.55-PM-300x122.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Clip was viral in 2019 on Dr Singh&#8217;s birthday<\/h4>\n<p>Dr Manmohan Singh&#8217;s birthday is on September 26 and the video was shared two years ago on the occasion. Rishi Bagree tweeted the video and wrote, &#8220;<span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#ManmohanSingh<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> is not even free to cut his own cake.<\/span>&#8221; The video had been viewed over one lakh times and drew nearly 7,000 likes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ManmohanSingh?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ManmohanSingh<\/a> is not even free to cut his own cake. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ziIjvFpdlS\">pic.twitter.com\/ziIjvFpdlS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rishi Bagree \u090b\u0937\u093f \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@rishibagree) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rishibagree\/status\/1177099374238658560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 26, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Shefali Vaidya also tweeted the video saying,\u00a0&#8220;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">MMS doesn\u2019t even have the authority to cut his own birthday cake before<\/span> <span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@RahulGandhi <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">leads his hand! Imagine how he \u2018ran\u2019 the govt for 10 years!!<\/span>&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hmmm, MMS doesn\u2019t even have the authority to cut his own birthday cake before <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RahulGandhi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RahulGandhi<\/a> leads his hand! Imagine how he \u2018ran\u2019 the govt for 10 years!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jl9u7r5eqv\">pic.twitter.com\/jl9u7r5eqv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shefali Vaidya \u0bb7\u0bc6\u0b83\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bbf \u0bb5\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0baf\u0bbe \u0936\u0947\u092b\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u0935\u0948\u0926\u094d\u092f (@ShefVaidya) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShefVaidya\/status\/1177102750800371713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 26, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The clip was circulated on Facebook. From the page &#8216;<span class=\"_371z\">Arnab Fan Club<\/span><a id=\"u_12_b\" class=\"_42ft _4jy0 _1yyn _4jy4 _517h _51sy\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ArnabGoFanClub\/videos\/1385922464890116\/#\" rel=\"async-post\"><\/a>&#8216; it received 27,000 views.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ArnabGoFanClub\/videos\/1385922464890116\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/ArnabGoFanClub\/videos\/1385922464890116\/\"><p>Manmohan Singh is not even free to cut his own cake.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ArnabGoFanClub\/\">Arnab Fan Club<\/a> on Thursday, 26 September 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>It was, in fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=manmohan%20singh%20cake&amp;epa=SERP_TAB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">viral<\/a> on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47280 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/bc381930-e2fc-4cf9-86a2-ca52c7f3bd35.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/bc381930-e2fc-4cf9-86a2-ca52c7f3bd35.png 800w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/bc381930-e2fc-4cf9-86a2-ca52c7f3bd35-290x300.png 290w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/bc381930-e2fc-4cf9-86a2-ca52c7f3bd35-768x796.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Unrelated video from 2018<\/h4>\n<p>Incidentally, the same video was tweeted by Bagree in 2018 as well.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0917\u093e\u0901\u0927\u0940 \u092a\u0930\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0930 \u0907\u0928\u0915\u094b \u0905\u092a\u0928\u093e \u0915\u0947\u0915 \u0924\u0915 \u0928\u0939\u0940 \u0915\u093e\u091f\u0928\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948,<br \/>\n\u0938\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0916\u093e\u0915 \u091a\u0932\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0926\u093f\u090f \u0939\u094b\u0902\u0917\u0947 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ROaOf6TQFV\">pic.twitter.com\/ROaOf6TQFV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rishi Bagree \u090b\u0937\u093f \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@rishibagree) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rishibagree\/status\/1078619819468095488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 28, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This video was uploaded by the official page of Congress on December 27, 2018, on the occasion of the party&#8217;s foundation day.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Former PM Manmohan Singh and Congress President Rahul Gandhi cut a cake on Congress Foundation Day\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JKu2m3ctPLY?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>The video was also reported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5a9Kckt_hPc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An old video of Rahul Gandhi and Manmohan Singh was shared on social media to claim that Gandhi did not allow the former PM to cut his birthday cake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video of Rahul Gandhi cutting a cake with Manmohan Singh has been shared on social media with the claim that Gandhi did not let the former PM cut his own birthday cake. He was not even allowed to cut his own birthday cake. Only fools and stupid liberals will believe that he was allowed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":95596,"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-47252","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\/09\/Untitled-design-2021-06-03T132058.177.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47252","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=47252"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103828,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47252\/revisions\/103828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47252"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=47252"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=47252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}