“Rahul Gandhi wearing a baba’s attire”
What FACTLY found
This image is a morphed version of a photo captured during Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra. On 3 December 2022, the Congress leader’s Yatra reached Mahudiya Village of Madhya Pradesh. Namdev Das Tyagi, a.k.a. Computer Baba, joined Rahul Gandhi during the walk. The viral photo contains a digitally altered version of the photo taken when Computer Baba met Rahul Gandhi. The Indian National Congress tweeted this image through its official Twitter handle
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 9 December 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 11 December 2022, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/rahul.anand.129/posts/pfbid02cdyRSTu59wp4x2ieRxU7rutQpXuete33Bcs…
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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.