“Rahul Gandhi’s tweet about Neeraj Chopra standing second in line on the podium”
What FACTLY found
Rahul Gandhi did not make any such tweet. The purported tweet shows the date of tweet as 05 August 2021, whereas Neeraj Chopra won the medal on 07 August 2021. Another tweet of Rahul Gandhi congratulating Olympic medalist Ravi Dahiya at 4:51 pm on 05 August 2021 is digitally morphed so as to look like the purported tweet
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 9 August 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 11 August 2021, 2 days 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.