Old Rahul Gandhi’s image with a German minister shared as that of Hindenburg Research CEO; Fact Check

An image is being shared on social media showing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with a German claiming that he was Nate Anderson, chief of Hindenburg Research, which had released its report alleging Adani group of “brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud”.

The narrative is that Rahul Gandhi met Hindenburg Research chief and the report on Adani Group was the outcome of it and some retweeted it with demands that Rahul Gandhi should be probed first.

Some tweets have carried the following message on Twitter: “Hindenburg short seller Nate Anderson collaborated with Indian National Congress led by Rahul Gandhi, to target Indian financial system… Congress under Rahul Gandhi has gone to new lows in their bid to get back to power in the upcoming general elections of 2024.”

It has been shared by another here with a demand that the probe into the issue be ordered starting with Rahul Gandhi.

FACT CHECK

When our team searched in Google Reverse Image Search for the image, a similar photo of Rahul Gandhi meeting a German Minister as a part of his diaspora outreach programme in 2018.

Germany’s Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office Niels Annen met Rahul Gandhi and the photo was shared by Annen with a message: “Mr Gandhi visited Germany as a part of his diaspora outreach programme ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.”

The Congress Party had also shared a tweet of the meeting on August 22, 2018.

Hence, the man in the 2018 photo with Rahul Gandhi is German politician Niels Annen and not the chief of Hindenburg Research, Nate Anderson.

Claim: Rahul Gandhi met Hindenburg chief Nate Anderson before release of report on Adani group.
Conclusion: The image was morphed and false.
Rating: Totally False — Five rating

About Arun Nag

Arun is with Digiteye India since the beginning as the main source for re-writing copies and re-checking the facts and images. He writes on general and tech issues. He can be reached at arunnag@digiteye.in

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