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Fact Check: Did Rahul Gandhi try to shake hands with a physically challenged person?

Dilshad Noor April 16, 2023
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A video of former Congress President Rahul Gandhi is going viral on social media, in which he is seen trying to shake hands with a physically challenged person sitting on a wheelchair without hands and legs.

This guy is the most problematically dimwitted person I’ve ever seen.

Rahul Gandhi tried shaking hand with physically disabled person on the wheelchair without an arm… unbelievable!
pic.twitter.com/lL30mCAaPz

— BALA (@erbmjha) April 11, 2023

A Twitter Blue subscriber named Bala who is also followed by Narendra Modi himself on Twitter, posted a nine-second video clip and wrote that this man is the most problematic and intellectually challenged person he has ever seen. Rahul Gandhi tried to shake hands with a person sitting on a wheelchair without hands… unbelievable!

Rahul Gandhi trying to shake hands with an "armless" person?

Is he for real? pic.twitter.com/XCpH8lukYP

— Hardik (Modi Ka Parivar) (@Humor_Silly) April 11, 2023

Another Twitter user named Hardik also shared this clip, writing that Rahul Gandhi is trying to shake hands with a person without hands. Is this true? This video clip has been viewed thousands of times and shared many times.

Fact Check:

The best clip from today’s rally of Rahul Gandhi Ji. A physically challenged man who has lost his hands & legs but still holding RG’s banner which reads, “We are with Rahul”.

And the warm hug he got from @RahulGandhi. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/oIAQPh8XlM

— Shantanu (@shaandelhite) April 11, 2023

To investigate the viral video clip, the DFRAC team first converted the clip into a frame and then performed a reverse search. During this search, we found another video on Twitter. Congress worker Shantanu shared this video. In this 47-second video, it can be seen that a person sitting on a wheelchair hands over his hand to Rahul Gandhi. Rahul not only shakes his hand with him but also hugs him.

Misleading claim by IT cell.

Here is the longer version of the video. The person on wheelchair raised his right arm first ( 0.5 sec and also at 39th sec). pic.twitter.com/wyohWJNQPc

— Korkadu Ashok (@dharunkumaran) April 12, 2023

Moreover, The INC Puducherry  Chairman, Korkadu Ashok (@dharunkumaran) replied the longer version video to @erbmjha. Mentioning that the person on wheelchair raised his right arm first.

Conclusion:

Therefore, it is clear from DFRAC’s fact check that the viral video clip is misleading because it has been clipped.

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