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“Video of Rahul Gandhi promising Potato cultivation on Moon”
Social media posts Claim dated 16 Jul 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

The statements of Rahul Gandhi about providing farming lands on the moon and bringing back potatoes to Gujarat were taken out of context from his election speech in Gujarat in 2017. In the full video, Rahul Gandhi can be heard attributing those imaginary statements to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 16 July 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 28 July 2020, 12 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

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