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“Photo of Rahul Gandhi looking at obscene pictures of a woman on his mobile phone”
Social media posts Claim dated 23 Jul 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

The photo shared in the post is an edited one. This photo was shot during the time of demonetization when Rahul Gandhi visited an SBI bank for exchanging his old currency notes. In the original photo, Rahul Gandhi was seen holding old 1000 rupee notes in his hand.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 23 July 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 24 July 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.