Old and unrelated videos referring to Rishi Sunak are viral
Claim
Claim 1
UK’s Prime minister #RishiSunak performing Gau Pooja
Claim 2
Gruha-Pravesh_ of @RishiSunak Ji at 10, Downing street,as #PrimeMinister of #BritainPM With complete Sanatan #Hindu-Rituals.
As per the details requested & received one more Prediction is about to come true as Rishi Sunak is most likely to become #UK’s PM.
#Indian #actf #BJP
Claim 3
The new UK PM performing his spiritual/traditional rituals before entering his new office. We have largely abandoned ours.
Claim 4
#RishiSunak dances after becoming Prime Minister of United Kingdom.
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Explanation
Rishi Sunak became UK’s Prime Minister recently. It received a huge welcome and appreciation from Indians as Rishi Sunak is of Indian descent and practices Hinduism. Misinformation started circulating all over social media as soon as he was appointed as UK’s PM with ‘Hindu’, ‘Sanatana dharma’, and ‘bjp’ tags.
Social media posts claiming UK’s PM performing ‘gau pooja’ can be seen here and here. Posts that claim Rishi Sunak performed ‘gruha pravesh’ at 10 Downing Street can be viewed here and here.
A few posts claim that the new UK PM performed spiritual/traditional rituals before entering his new office, and those can be seen here and here. Other posts claim that he celebrated by dancing as soon as it was on the news that he became PM. These posts can be seen here and here.
What is the truth?
Claim 1 Fact-check
When the keyframes of the video are reverse searched, the ‘Deccan Herald’ article dated 26, August 2022 is found with the title ‘UK PM contender Rishi Sunak, his wife perform ‘gau pooja’; video goes viral’.
Bhaktivedanta Manor’s Facebook page posted pictures of Rishi Sunak’s visit on 18, August 2022, and visuals of the viral video can be seen in the set of pictures posted. The video was not taken when Rishi Sunak performed Gau pooja after he becomes UK PM and the claim is misleading.
Claim 2 Fact-check
This video claimed to be Rishi Sunak’s housewarming ceremony with the Sanatan Hindu ritual. Rishi Sunak posted a picture on his Twitter account on 18, August 2022 mentioning his visit to Bhaktivedanta Manor. It matches the visual from the video.
This video was also posted on the ‘Keshavaswami’ Instagram account mentioning Rishi Sunak’s visit. It is not Gruha Pravesh of Rishi Sunak as claimed.
Moreover, 10 Downing Street is UK Prime Minister’s office, says UK Government website.
Claim 3 Fact-check
When the keyframes of the video are reverse searched, it is found that Rishi Sunak is not performing traditional rituals before entering his new office but is lighting candles for Diwali in 2020.
Several news media outlets published about Rishi Sunak lighting candles for Diwali in November 2020.
Claim 4 Fact-check
When reverse searching the keyframes of the video, found a tweet from ‘Sony Sports Network’ dated 7, August 2021.
We all are Sunil Gavaskar at the moment 🇮🇳🙌🏽
How did you react to India’s golden moment? 😍#HumHongeKamyab #Tokyo2020 #SirfSonyPeDikhega pic.twitter.com/vg8FmQ2fG9
— Sony Sports Network (@SonySportsNetwk) August 7, 2021
Several news media outlets published an article on the news of Sunil Gavaskar and Ashish Nehra celebrating the historic gold won by Neeraj Chopra in Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
Also Read: Dancing video of Rishi Sunak’s lookalike is viral with false claims.
Read More: Rishi Sunak didn’t visit ISKCON temple before swear-in ceremony after becoming PM.
Conclusion
The four videos shared relating to Rishi Sunak on social media platforms are old and misleading.
