Rahul Gandhi’s name misspelled on Congress banner? Photoshopped image shared on social media

An image of a Congress banner is circulating across social media platforms. It shows Rahul Gandhi’s last name replaced with an abusive word. A Twitter user Chowkidar Pooran Bajaj Bjp‏, who is followed by railway minister Piyush Goyal, was among those who shared the poster. 

केरल में गांधी को GANDU कहते हैं क्या ??? वायनाड वाले इसको चार दिन में पहचान गए लेकिन चमचे इसको आज तक नही पहचान पाए….भाई केरल में 100% लिटरेसी है पता है ना आपको .
कितना मान सम्मान मिला है ” SHRI RAHUL GANDU जी को”
यह मैं नहीं कह रहा हूँ पोस्टर कह रहा है

👇👇👇 pic.twitter.com/I36dsDQa2Z

— Chowkidar Pooran Bajaj Bjp (@bajajpooran) April 16, 2019

Another user followed by Goyal, Sashi (@Patlliputra), also circulated the poster.

केरल में गांधी को GANDU कहते हैं क्या ??? वायनाड वाले इसको चार दिन में पहचान गए लेकिन चमचे इसको आज तक नही पहचान पाए….भाई केरल में 100% लिटरेसी है पता है ना आपको ….
कितना मान सम्मान मिला है ” SHRI RAHUL GANDU जी को”
यह मैं नहीं कह रहा हूँ पोस्टर कह रहा है
👇👇👇 pic.twitter.com/RW7GjStfod

— Sashi (@Patlliputra) April 17, 2019

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.

“RAHUL GANDU” ji…😂😂😜

See the poster for our Rahul baba during his recent visit at LB Nagar, Hyderabad….. pic.twitter.com/2thDnw7Iar

— Sanjib Ghosh 🇮🇳 সঞ্জীব (@sampadscales) August 15, 2018

Photoshopped

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 – “Rahul Gandhi.”

Fake banner pic.twitter.com/iB5rSYHBbs

— Madhusagar (@madhusagardsr) August 16, 2018

Alt News also found that a Telugu website, Telugu Rajyam, had debunked the image when it was viral in 2018. This website too had uploaded an original photograph of the poster.

We further discovered a YouTube channel B News which had shared a video of the real hoarding.

Rahul Gandhi’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 Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.