A 30-second video of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is going viral on social media. In this, a woman can be seen and heard expressing the pain of Kashmir in front of Rahul Gandhi. Social media users are claiming this lady is criticizing Rahul Gandhi.
A user on Facebook while sharing this video writes, “Kashmiri Pandits living abroad surrounded Pappu while traveling in an airplane and asked him why they oppose Modi on Kashmir issues. Pappu Gandhi could not give any answer.”
Fact Check:
DFRAC to know the truth behind the viral video started searching by uploading them to Google reverse image tool. The viral video was found in many media reports. The video was published on the website of TV9 Hindi on 25 August 2019.
Reading the report we got to know that the lady was telling Rahul Gandhi about the situation in Kashmir.
Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra too tweeted and retweeted this video on their official Twitter account.
It's been 20 days since the people of Jammu & Kashmir had their freedom & civil liberties curtailed. Leaders of the Opposition & the Press got a taste of the draconian administration & brute force unleashed on the people of J&K when we tried to visit Srinagar yesterday. pic.twitter.com/PLwakJM5W5
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) August 25, 2019
How long is this going to continue?This is one out of millions of people who are being silenced and crushed in the name of “Nationalism”.
For those who accuse the opposition of ‘politicising’ this issue: https://t.co/IMLmnTtbLb
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) August 25, 2019
The news related to this was uploaded on bhaskar.com
Conclusion:
DFRAC found the video is three years old. In August 2019, a Kashmiri woman expressed her pain in front of Rahul Gandhi on an airplane returning from Srinagar to Delhi. Now the same video is going viral with misleading claims.
Claim Review: lady is criticizing Rahul Gandhi on Kashmir issues.
Claimed by: social media users.
Fact Check: misleading
