Video of Rahul Gandhi explaining the meaning of Satyagraha misleadingly viral – Fact Check finds and explains truth

A video clip of former Congress president Rahul Gandhi is being widely shared on social media. In this video, Rahul Gandhi can be heard saying, “There is a word is for this. Mahatma Gandhi used to say and talk about ‘Satyagraha’. What is the meaning of Satyagraha, the meaning of Satyagraha? Never leave the path of satta (power)”. Also, it can be seen that the text is written in Hinglish, “MAHATMA GANDHI KEHTE THE SATTA KE RASTE KO KABHI MAT CHHODO – RAHUL GANDHI”

A verified user named Hardik shared this video clip of Rahul Gandhi with the caption in Hinglish: “Rahul Gandhi did it again (English translation) “Mahatma Gandhi used to say, never leave the path of power.”

https://twitter.com/Humor_Silly/status/1629752388826570753

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Another verified user Bala shared the video and wrote, “This video will haunt Rahul Gandhi forever”

https://twitter.com/erbmjha/status/1629757603432759297

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Similarly, other social media users have also shared this video clip of Rahul Gandhi, with similar connotation and taunts.

Fact Check:

To know the truth of this viral video clip of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, the DFRAC team searched on Google with the help of some keywords in this context and found the video on the verified YouTube channel ‘Rahul Gandhi’, “Congress’ 85th Plenary Session | Rahul Gandhi | Raipur, Chhattisgarh” with a duration of 56 minutes, uploaded on 26 February 2023.

https://youtu.be/2x3cUj1dndw?t=2282

It can be seen in this video at the 38th minute that Rahul Gandhi, while explaining the meaning of Satyagraha during his speech, said, “The meaning of Satyagraha? Never leave the path of power” But then immediately he corrected himself by saying sorry, he said that “Satyagraha means, never leave the path of truth”.

He further said, “There is a new word for them, for the RSS-BJP people, we are satyagrahis and the RSS-BJP people are sattagrahis.”

Conclusion:

It is clear from this fact-check by DFRAC that the viral video clip has been shared by social media users in a misleading manner, as Rahul Gandhi had quickly corrected himself during his Raipur plenary speech.