“The person standing to the right of Rahul Gandhi in this photo is Shivraj Motegaonkar, owner of RCC Coaching Centre and an accused in the NEET paper leak case.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 24 Jul 2026.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
This photo was taken on 8 October 2014, during an election rally in Latur, and the person seen with Rahul Gandhi is Amit Vilasrao Deshmukh, the MLA from Latur City, not RCC Coaching Centre owner Shivraj Motegaonkar.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 24 July 2026. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 1 August 2026, 8 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/deepak.Shankar.72/posts/pfbid0oPSTiXZHqnJCRyLq4ekAdPoeN5AyjT71oN…
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