{"id":95743,"date":"2021-06-07T18:42:15","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T13:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=95743"},"modified":"2021-06-07T21:24:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T15:54:21","slug":"old-video-of-cm-ashok-gehlot-coming-out-of-dargah-shared-as-recent-with-false-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-of-cm-ashok-gehlot-coming-out-of-dargah-shared-as-recent-with-false-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Video of Ashok Gehlot visiting dargah in 2019 shared as the CM offering &#8216;Friday prayers&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot exiting a mosque has been shared with the claim that he was offering Friday prayers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u091c\u0941\u092e\u094d\u092e\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u0928\u092e\u093e\u091c \u092a\u0922\u093c\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0926 \u092e\u0938\u094d\u091c\u093f\u0926 \u0938\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0939\u0930 \u0928\u093f\u0915\u0932\u0947 \u0905\u0936\u094b\u0915 \u0917\u0939\u0932\u094b\u0924\ud83c\udf19<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ocjain2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ocjain2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PistolPandey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PistolPandey<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bjp4Raj?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Bjp4Raj<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RSSorg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RSSorg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RssIndreshKumar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RssIndreshKumar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4tUFocvbV7\">pic.twitter.com\/4tUFocvbV7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 manoj narula (@NarulaManoj) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NarulaManoj\/status\/1399653179793440768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Several users amplified the claim with English captions as well. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%20%20%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%95%20%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Many others<\/a> alluded that the video is recent.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot coming out of the mosque after Jumme ki Namaz. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Rajasthan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Rajasthan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/btqqoThZ58\">pic.twitter.com\/btqqoThZ58<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mayank Jindal \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@MJ_007Club) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MJ_007Club\/status\/1399729710028890122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%20%20%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%95%20%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook users<\/a> also promoted the same claim.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-95743 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\/old-video-of-cm-ashok-gehlot-coming-out-of-dargah-shared-as-recent-with-false-claims\/1-74\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"767\" height=\"837\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/1.jpeg 767w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/1-275x300.jpeg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><\/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\/old-video-of-cm-ashok-gehlot-coming-out-of-dargah-shared-as-recent-with-false-claims\/2-64\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1618\" height=\"755\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/2.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/2.jpeg 1618w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/2-300x140.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/2-1024x478.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/2-768x358.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/2-1536x717.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1618px) 100vw, 1618px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><strong>Old video<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The first noticeable aspect of the video is that no one can be spotted wearing either a mask or following social distancing norms. This suggests that the incident is not recent.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aajtak.in\/tez\/video\/rajasthan-cm-ashok-gehlot-prayed-in-mosque-fact-check-1166440-2020-11-23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video report by Aaj Tak<\/a> dated November 23, 2020, stated that the video had earlier been circulating with the claim that Ashok Gehlot was seen offering prayers at a mosque after banning firecrackers in the state. However, the clip is from January 2019 when he paid a visit to the Baba Fakhruddin Dargah in Dungarpur. (The Rajasthan government had imposed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhaskar.com\/local\/rajasthan\/jaipur\/news\/ban-on-firecrackers-in-rajasthan-till-31-december-10-thousand-rupees-for-selling-and-2-thousand-rupees-for-burning-127901031.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">complete ban on the sale of firecrackers<\/a> last year until December 31, 2020, to safeguard public health amid COVID.)<\/p>\n<p>Alt News located the longer version of the video uploaded on January 29, 2019, on a YouTube channel named &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-dkvDqaPqYo\">Social Fun Tube<\/a>&#8216;. The viral portion appears after the 1:05 mark.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-95745 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/word-image.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/word-image.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/word-image-300x153.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/word-image-768x393.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rajendra Singh Yadav, Congress MLA from Kotputli, had also shared images of the Rajasthan Chief Minister\u2019s visit to the dargah.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rajendrasinghyadavkotputli\/posts\/2312186175469108\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rajendrasinghyadavkotputli\/posts\/2312186175469108\"><p>\u092e\u093e\u0928\u0928\u0940\u092f \u092e\u0941\u0916\u094d\u092f\u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0905\u0936\u094b\u0915 \u0917\u0939\u0932\u094b\u0924 \u091c\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0925 \u0921\u0942\u0902\u0917\u0930\u092a\u0941\u0930 \u0915\u0940 \u0917\u0932\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0915\u094b\u091f \u0926\u0930\u0917\u093e\u0939 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091c\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u0915\u0930 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0935 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0915\u0940 \u0916\u0941\u0936\u0939\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0915\u093e\u092e\u0928\u093e \u0915\u0940\u0964<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rajendrasinghyadavkotputli\/\">Rajendra Singh Yadav<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rajendrasinghyadavkotputli\/posts\/2312186175469108\">Monday, January 28, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rajasthan news portal First India News Rajasthan\u2019s live report from the same day shows that the CM also stopped at a temple before reaching the dargah.<\/p>\n<iframe style=\"width:100%; height:auto; aspect-ratio:16\/9;\" title=\"\u0905\u0936\u094b\u0915 \u0917\u0939\u0932\u094b\u0924 \u092a\u0939\u0941\u0902\u091a\u0947 \u0917\u0932\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0915\u094b\u091f, \u092a\u0940\u0930 \u092b\u0916\u0930\u0941\u0926\u094d\u0926\u0940\u0928 \u092c\u093e\u092c\u093e \u0915\u0940 \u0926\u0930\u0917\u093e\u0939 \u092a\u0930 \u0915\u0940 \u091c\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0930\u0924\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sd3Gd4NLV58?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>\n<p>Therefore, a two-year-old video of Ashok Gehlot is being shared as recent, with claims that he visited a mosque to offer Friday prayers. The truth is that in January 2019, the Chief Minister first stopped at a temple, then proceeded to the dargah in Galiakot. Social media users attempted to spin a Muslim appeasement angle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot exiting a mosque has been shared with the claim that he was offering Friday prayers. \u091c\u0941\u092e\u094d\u092e\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u0928\u092e\u093e\u091c \u092a\u0922\u093c\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0926 \u092e\u0938\u094d\u091c\u093f\u0926 \u0938\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0939\u0930 \u0928\u093f\u0915\u0932\u0947 \u0905\u0936\u094b\u0915 \u0917\u0939\u0932\u094b\u0924\ud83c\udf19@ocjain2 @PistolPandey @Bjp4Raj @RSSorg @RssIndreshKumar pic.twitter.com\/4tUFocvbV7 \u2014 manoj narula (@NarulaManoj) June 1, 2021 Several users amplified the claim with English captions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":95748,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[691],"class_list":["post-95743","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\/2021\/06\/gehlot-fi.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95743","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\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95743"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95790,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95743\/revisions\/95790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95743"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=95743"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=95743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}