By Shinjinee Majumder

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on April 3 held a prepoll rally with leaders of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in his parliamentary constituency, Wayanad. Following the rally, Gandhi filed his nomination papers for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. An image purportedly clicked at the rally is viral on social media with users claiming that the rally witnessed ‘an ocean of green flags’. Verified Right Wing Influencer Raushan Sinha (@MrSinha_ on X) amplified the claim. (Archive)

https://twitter.com/MrSinha_/status/1777599655611629586?t=DEaI_v6Csj_KZGC7L3nBMg&s=19

The verified Twitter handle for Kreately, a portal indulging in propaganda, hate and misinformation, and promoted by BJP leader Kapil Mishra, also tweeted some videos along with the viral image, claiming that they were shot at the recent Congress roadshow. (Archive)

https://twitter.com/KreatelyMedia/status/1777576222031319492?t=bBWK_zc7RhL_bN3jxe-lVA&s=19

Verified user @AjiHaaan also tweeted the image and sarcastically commented, “And then they say, look, BJP people are calling us Muslim Leaguers…look at the flags.” (Archive)

https://twitter.com/AjiHaaan/status/1777600876745486699?t=k7xQOBTYdmFmR0bMfDoEig&s=19

Several other users also amplified the viral image claiming that it was clicked at the April 3 roadshow in Wayanad. (Archives- 1, 2, 3, 4)

The Image is From 2019

A reverse image search on the viral picture led us to a report by The New Indian Express from April 2019 which contained the same image. The image description indicated that the image was clicked during a similar roadshow in 2019 after Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination papers in Wayanad for the Lok Sabha elections that year. In the photo, Gandhi can be seen alongside his sister and AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra greeting party workers during the roadshow at Kalpetta.

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