“Rahul Gandhi asked farmers to grow chips and ketchup in place of potatoes and tomatoes”
What FACTLY found
In his recent speech at a rally in Hoshiarpur (Punjab), Rahul Gandhi was trying to convey that whatever one produces, everything can be manufactured in the food parks, be it potato chips or tomato ketchup. He mistakenly jumbled the words and later corrected himself to go onto say – “You will produce material on your land – you will directly take it to a food processing unit – potato, tomato, chillies, anything you produce – directly you will get money in your pocket”. Only a part of his speec...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 14 February 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 15 February 2022, 1 day later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
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