Fact Check: Video Of Rahul Gandhi’s Slip Of Tongue During 2023 Bharat Jodo Yatra Goes Viral Again With Misleading Claim

New Delhi Vishvas News – As the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra by Congress progresses, a video clip featuring Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has gone viral on social media. In the video, he is heard saying that the population of the country is “Rs 140 crore.” This video had previously gone viral, and Vishvas News had investigated it at that time too.

Vishvas News’ investigation revealed that the video pertains to Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, which was held in Panipat on January 6, 2023. During his speech, Rahul Gandhi misspoke, saying “Rs 140 crore”, but he quickly corrected himself. Despite this, some people on social media are sharing the incomplete clip to mock him. Our investigation found that the viral post is misleading.

What’s Going Viral

A Facebook user named Sanatani Hindu Yash shared a video claiming that the population of the country is Rs 140 crore.

The content of the viral post is written here as it is. Many other users are also making the video viral. You can see the archived version by clicking here.

Investigation

Vishvas News was the first to use the Invid tool to investigate the viral video of Rahul Gandhi. We used the Google Lens tool to search for the original video using keyframes extracted from the viral clip. During our investigation, we found a longer version of Rahul Gandhi’s speech on the official YouTube channel of the Congress party.

In the video uploaded on January 6, 2023, Rahul Gandhi was speaking about the country’s economy. At 32:48 minutes into the video, Rahul Gandhi can be heard saying, “Now I want to tell you a little about the economic situation of the country. The population of the country is 140 crore rupees, 140 crore people. Ok. Remember the first number. 140 crores. Listen well. Now remember the second number. Hundred. And listen to the fun. In India. Quiet down. I am talking about something deep. See 100 people on stage. 140 crore people in the country. The amount of money in today’s India. The amount of wealth that is in the hands of half of India is in the hands of the richest 100 people of India. Do you think this is right….”

After reviewing this video, it became clear that Rahul Gandhi had indeed made a slip of the tongue. He had said “rupees” instead of “people”, but he corrected himself within a few seconds.

The video’s description indicated that it was from Panipat, Haryana, where Rahul Gandhi addressed a gathering during Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra.

Vishvas News had previously investigated the viral video in detail. You can click here to read that investigation.

Regarding the viral video, Nitin Aggarwal from the Congress party’s social media team stated that it is an incomplete video of the public meeting held in Panipat.

Conclusion: Vishvas News’ investigation found that the viral video was edited. Rahul Gandhi’s incomplete video from January 2023 is now going viral. During that time, Rahul Gandhi misspoke but quickly corrected himself. Nevertheless, people are mocking him by sharing incomplete videos on social media.

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• Bharat Jodo Yatra
• Rahul Gandhi