“Video depicting Navjot Singh Sidhu mocking Rahul Gandhi by saying, ‘Hey Rahul Baba, go to school and learn to read. Learn the difference between nationalism and treason’.”
What FACTLY found
This viral video of Navjot Singh Sidhu criticizing Rahul Gandhi dates back to 2010. At that time, Navjot Singh Sidhu was not associated with the Congress party; he was a BJP MP. Sidhu made these statements while addressing a public meeting at Khokhara, Gujarat in October 2010. During this event, Sidhu asked Rahul Gandhi to go to school to learn the difference between nationalism and treason after Gandhi equated Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) with the banned Students Islamic Movement of Ind...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 25 February 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 4 April 2024, 39 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
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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.