Fact Check: Were laddus distributed in the presence of Rahul Gandhi on June 4? Know the truth of the viral claim

New Delhi: The results of the Lok Sabha elections have been declared. Amid the results, a video is going viral on social media. In which laddus are being distributed in the presence of Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi. Users on social media are saying that this video is from June 4. However, when Vishvas News investigated this video, it turned out to be an old video. A person named Dinesh posted this video on Instagram and wrote – Laddus have been distributed today in the presence of Rahul Gandhi in the Congress office, blind devotees, do not cry tomorrow, because your bad days are going to start from tomorrow. Devotees, you have to pick up the bag with Papa tomorrow. This video has also been shared by other users. See archive Version

What was found in the investigation

When Vishvas News investigated this video going viral on social media, the truth came out to be something else. When the team of Vishvas News traced the video with the help of Google Lens, they found this video uploaded on Twitter last year. Ruchira Chaturvedi had posted this video on 4 August 2023 on Twitter. She had said that it was of the Congress office in Delhi.

After that, when Vishwas News furthered its investigation, they found this video on the official Twitter handle of Congress as well. Which was shared on 4 August 2023. In which it was written that truth has won over falsehood. Jai Congress, Vijay Congress.

Vishwas News spoke to Congress’s national coordinator for social media, Nitin Agarwal, regarding this viral video. he/she said that this viral video is old.

conclusion: Vishvas News investigated and found that this video was old. It was shared with misleading claims on the day of results.

(This story was originally published by Vishvas NewsAnd republished by NBT as part of Shakti Collective.)