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By Abira Das
BJP leader and in-charge of its national information & technology department Amit Malviya recently shared two videos featuring Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, both of which subsequently went viral on social media.
One of the videos is of Rahul Gandhi at an I.N.D.I.A alliance event in Maharashtra, where others present on the stage can be seen garlanding him with one of them holding an idol of the Hindu deity Vitthala. (Video I)
In the other, a seven-second clip from the ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’, Rahul Gandhi can be heard saying, “ये वाला डंडा देना, झंडा उतर दो इससे” (Translation: “Remove the flag and give me the stick”). Following this, some people in the crowd remove the national flag from the stick. (Video II)
Video I:
Malviya (@amitmalviya) shared the viral clip on X on March 14 with the caption, “Rahul Gandhi refuses to accept idol of Bhagwan Vitthal on stage. This is an insult of not just the Warkaris but millions of Hindu devotees, who revere the Lord. From DMK to the Congress, Hindu hate is what binds the I.N.D.I Alliance. Rahul Gandhi suffers from Hindumisia.” The tweet received 370,600 views, 7,700 likes and 4,000 retweets. (Archive)
https://twitter.com/amitmalviya/status/1768242638543822849?t=nI1MaWWuuYfnZFgLfL5fOw&s=19
The official page of BJP Maharashtra (@BJP4Maharashtra) also shared the video claiming that Gandhi insulted the Hindu God by not agreeing to hold the idol. (Archive)
Republic Bharat also amplified Malviya’s claim in a report titled, ‘Rahul Gandhi again insulted Sanatan, refused to take the idol of Lord Vitthal, BJP alleged’.
Fact Check
After running a keyword search on X, we came across the extended version of the viral clip which was posted by @INCMaharashtra on social media. The 0:18 mark of the extended version of the clip depicts Rahul Gandhi accepting the idol.
https://twitter.com/INCMaharashtra/status/1768231354074902641?t=tZCqOjUd6Qk3_rldvHMk7w&s=19
We noticed that the official YouTube channel of Congress also posted an extended video titled, ‘Farmers Meeting l Nashik I Maharashtra I Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ on March 14, 2024. At the 17:28 mark of the video, Gandhi can be seen accepting the idol of Lord Vitthala on stage.
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