Fact Check: Did Rahul Gandhi insult Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge? Viral claim turned out to be misleading

New Delhi: A 23-second clip of Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge and Sonia Gandhi is going viral on social media. In this clip it can be seen that Rahul Gandhi pulls Mallikarjun’s chair and then gets up and goes somewhere. While sharing this video, users are claiming that Rahul Gandhi is insulting Kharge.

What are the claims of the users?

While sharing this clip of Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi on social media, an ex-user named @NPapanasam wrote – Insult of Kharge, earthquake in the entire country! Congress defeated in Delhi elections.

While sharing the same video, another user also wrote – Rahul Gandhi insulted Mallikarjun Kharge.

What is the truth of the viral video?

To know the truth of the video going viral on social media, when Sajjag’s team took out the keyframes of the video and checked it through reverse image, this video was found on some other X accounts.

After that Sajjag’s team got the ex-post of NBT. In which it was claimed that Rahul Gandhi stood in respect of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge.

After that Sajjag’s team found a single video on Congress’s YouTube channel. Which is of the inauguration of the Congress headquarters. Viral video is part of this. At 46 minutes 12 seconds in the one hour 19 minute video, it can be seen that Rahul Gandhi stands up in respect of Mallikarjun Kharge and pulls his/her chair back so that he/she can stand comfortably. The claim made in the viral video that Rahul Gandhi had insulted Kharge turned out to be false. Rahul Gandhi stood in respect of Mallikarjun Kharge.

conclusion: The claim of Rahul Gandhi insulting Mallikarjun Kharge is completely false. Users are spreading confusion by sharing incomplete videos on social media.