“Video depicting Rahul Gandhi refusing to accept the idol of Lord Vitthal, which was presented by a Congress party worker during a meeting in Nasik, Maharashtra.”
What FACTLY found
This video is from a farmer meeting conducted in Nashik, Maharashtra, during Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Nyaya Yatra’ on 14 March 2024. The original video of this meeting has been edited between timestamps 16:46 to 17:17 and shared with a false narrative. In the longer version of the video, we can clearly see Gandhi accepting the idol that was presented to him and also posing with it for a photograph on stage
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 16 March 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 18 March 2024, 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.