Edited video of Rahul Gandhi is shared to ridicule him, again.

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Explanation

A video of Rahul Gandhi is shared on social media by Political analyst Dr.Syed Rizwan Ahmed which has been retweeted over 1000 times. Many others have also tweeted the video with some captions ridiculing Rahul Gandhi. See here, here, here and here. In the video, Rahul Gandhi can be heard asking why there are eagles flying here and then saying that they were jobless for 5 years because of Narendra Modi, RSS and BJP. Although there were several cuts and edits made for comical effect, a question remains if Rahul Gandhi really spoke like that in the video.

What’s the truth?

The original & full version of the video can be found in Indian National Congress’ official YouTube page. The video was published on 5^th February 2020, days before the Delhi Assembly Election.

 

From the video, we can see that the video shared in social media has been severely edited. Several unrelated portions are cut and joined together to make the edited video.

The time stamps of the cut portions from the full video is given below.

• 3:17 to 3:34
• 2:22 to 2:29
• 9:43 to 9:55

Rahul Gandhi’s statements from several portions of the video is cut without their context and joined together to make him look comical. Similar attempts have been made several times in the past as well. YouTurn had fact-checked them earlier too. Some of the links are given below.

Read More:

• Clipped video of Rahul Gandhi’s slip of tongue during his speech is shared to ridicule him – You Turn
• Did Rahul Gandhi pause performing aarti for the cameraman to come? – You Turn
• Did Rahul Gandhi say this country is not for priests? – You Turn
• Amit Malviya shared a clipped video of Rahul Gandhi’s speech – You Turn
• Did Rahul Gandhi say he will stop Bharat Jodo Yatra when it does not work? – You Turn

Conclusion

In our search, we found that the viral video of Rahul Gandhi is edited to mislead people.