Several pictures of huge gathering at Rahul Gandhi’s rally in Rajasthan during the Congress Party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra have surfaced on twitter with a caption: “राजस्थान के झालावाड़ जिले के चंवली में हिंदुस्तान के भविष्य श्री Rahul Gandhi जी के स्वागत में उमड़ा विशाल जनसमूह” (A huge crowd gathered to welcome India’s future Rahul Gandhi at Chanwali in the Jhalawar district of Rajasthan)
See the post here:
Huge crowd in Baran, Rajasthan to listen Rahul Gandhi #म्हारो_राजस्थान_म्हारो_राहुल pic.twitter.com/IRfW1Nej3D
— J0 (@Josa_in) December 26, 2016
It has been shared here and here.
FACT CHECK
Digiteye India team took it up for factchecking and found that the image actually belonged to some other event. The image search on Google Reverse Image Search showed the original image that was taken when on December 3, with the caption: “Jaygurudev 3 Dec 2022 Jaigurudev Ashram Mathura A great crowd of people of faith gathered in the program of Pujya Dada Guru Maharaj’s holy Bhandara”.
See the orinigal tweet here with the caption: “Jaygurudev 3 Dec 2022 Huge crowd of people of faith gathered in the program of Pujya Dada Guru Maharaj’s holy Bhandara”.
जयगुरुदेव 3 dec 2022
पूज्य दादा गुरु महाराज के पावन भंडारे के कार्यक्रम में उमड़ा आस्था का महा मानव जन सैलाब pic.twitter.com/czBloXNBpo— pankaj ji mahraaj (@mahraajpankaj) December 3, 2022
Moreover, the Bharat Jodo Yatra entered Chanwali in the Jhalawar region of Rajasthan on December 4. (see official schedule of Bharat Jodo Yatra)
Bharat jodo yatra schedule pic.twitter.com/zpkQLHmDvo
— Ramveer mali (@Ramveermali2) December 11, 2022
Hence, both the image and the claim are FALSE.
Claim: A huge crowd gathered to welcome India’s future Rahul Gandhi at Chanwali in the Jhalawar district of Rajasthan
Conclusion: The image of Pujya Dada Guru Maharaj’s holy Bhandara on Dec. 3, 2022 was used.
Rating: Misrepresentation — 