The excitement regarding the assembly elections is in full swing in Chhattisgarh. Political parties are organizing big rallies to give an edge to the election campaign. Meanwhile, congress leader Rahul Gandhi also went to Ambikapur to address a big public meeting whose video is going viral on social media. Questions and mockery, are being raised about Gandhi’s mathematics knowledge through this video
What is the claim made by the user?
A verified user named Amit Kumar shared this video on the social media platform X mocking Rahul Gandhi he wrote “Looks like he took Mathematics tuitions from Priyanka Chaturvedi”.
What is Rahul Gandhi saying in this video?
Rahul Gandhi in the video said that, “If a decision of Rs 100 is taken from the budget, then how much do the tribals take? How much? 0.01 means tribal officers take a decision of Rs 10 out of Rs 100″.
Fact Check
During the investigation of the viral video, DFRAC team found the video of the Ambikapur Rally uploaded on Rahul Gandhi’s official channel on YouTube. In which the viral statement can be heard at the timestamp of 18:40 to 19:12 with Gandhi saying “If a decision of Rs 100 is taken from the budget, then how much do the tribals take? How much? 0.01 means tribal officers decide Rs 10 out of Rs 100 . No, they take the decision of 10 paise. Sorry”.
Conclusion
Therefore, it is clear from the DFRAC’s fact-check that the claim made with the video is misleading. The users are sharing incomplete statement of Rahul Gandhi.