Authors
Vasudha noticed the growing problem of mis/disinformation online after studying New Media at ACJ in Chennai and became interested in separating facts from fiction. She is interested in learning how global issues affect individuals on a micro level. Before joining Newschecker’s English team, she was working with Latestly.
Claim
Massive support to Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Nashik.
Fact
Over one-year-old video of Bharat Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan’s Dausa.
A video showing an aerial view of a massive crowd flooding a street is being widely shared on social media platforms with users linking it to Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra which is currently in Maharashtra- a state governed by the Mahayuti alliance comprising the BJP, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, and the NCP- Ajit Pawar faction.
Multiple X and Facebook users shared the video claiming to show “Craze of Rahul Gandhi ji in Bharat jodo Nyay Yatra in Nashik.” Newschecker found the claim to be untrue. The video dates back to December 2022, and shows visuals from Bharat Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan’s Dausa.
Such posts can be seen here, here, here, here, here and here.
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Fact Check/Verification
A Google lens search on the keyframes of the viral video led us to an X post by @LutyensMediaIN, dated December 16, 2022. It carried a shorter version of the footage with the caption, “History created in Dausa today #BharatJodoYatra”
Taking a clue, we conducted a keyword search for “Dausa,” and “Bharat Jodo Yatra” on YouTube which yielded a video report by Navbharat Times, dated December 16, 2022. Displaying snippets from the viral footage, it stated that Sachin Pilot amassed a massive support and broke the record of 100 days of Bharat Jodo Yatra in Dausa.
We found that a longer and clearer version of the viral clip was also posted on the official Facebook account of the Indian National Congress on December 16, 2022 to show the visuals of Bharat Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan’s Dausa.
In the video shared by the Congress, we were able to spot a poster of Gandhi featuring him in a bearded look that went viral during the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
We were also able to spot, what appeared to be, “Shree Ganesh ” written on one of the boards seen in the video.
Taking a clue, we looked up the words “Shree Ganesh, and Dausa, Rajasthan” on Google Street View and were able to spot the location seen in the viral video.
Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra was covering its Rajasthan leg in December, 2022. Multiple news outlets such as this, this and this reported on the same.
Conclusion
We could thus conclude that more than one-year-old video of Bharat Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan’s Dausa shared to show massive support to Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Nashik.
Result: False
Sources
X Post By @LutyensMediaIN, Dated December 16, 2022
YouTube Video By Navbharat Times, Dated December 16, 2022
Facebook Post By Indian National Congress, Dated December 16, 2022
Google Street View
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Authors
Vasudha noticed the growing problem of mis/disinformation online after studying New Media at ACJ in Chennai and became interested in separating facts from fiction. She is interested in learning how global issues affect individuals on a micro level. Before joining Newschecker’s English team, she was working with Latestly.
