Did Congress workers celebrate ahead of declaration of Lok Sabha poll results? Fact Check

A video depicting Rahul Gandhi greeting Congress workers celebrating at the party headquarters ahead of the Lok Sabha Poll results is being share on social media widely on June 4, 2024 when the Lok Sabha election results were declared.

कांग्रेस कार्यालय में राहुल गांधी की मौजूदगी में आज ही लड्डू बट गए हैं, कल अंध भक्तों रोना मत, क्योंकि कल से तुम्हारे बुरे दिन शुरू होने वाले हैं।

🤣भक्तों पापा के साथ कल झोला उठाना है तुम्हें। 😛 pic.twitter.com/OzqZkhMmBs

— Dinesh Kumar (@DineshRedBull) June 3, 2024

The claim stated, “कांग्रेस कार्यालय में राहुल गांधी की मौजूदगी में आज ही लड्डू बट गए हैं, कल अंध भक्तों रोना मत, क्योंकि कल से तुम्हारे बुरे दिन शुरू होने वाले हैं। 🤣भक्तों पापा के साथ कल झोला उठाना है तुम्हें। ” [Translated, it reads:’Laddus were distributed even before the victory in the presence of Rahul Gandhi’.]

FACT-CHECK

Digiteye India took it up for fact-checking. Taking key frames and checking them on Google Reverse Image Search gave out the results that it was an old video that posted by Srinivas BV, the National President of Indian Youth Congress, on August 4, 2023.

The post was shared following the Supreme Court’s stay on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s conviction in the 2019 “Modi surname” remark defamation case on August 4, 2023. When celebrations erupted at the Congress party’s headquarters, Srinivas shared the above video with a caption that said, “Welcome back, Leader.” Even the Indian National Congress shared the viral footage here.

Welcome Back, Leader 🦁 pic.twitter.com/vGYbvK2YP8

— Srinivas BV (@srinivasiyc) August 4, 2023

Hence, an unrelated video has been shared on social media with a claim that it was part of the celebrations at the Congress Party headquarters on June 4, 2024 when the Lok Sabha election results were declared.

Claim: Congress workers celebrated even before the victory at Congress Party headquarters on the Lok Sabha election results day in the presence of Rahul Gandhi.

Conclusion: The claim is false. The video was one year old and posted when Rahul Gandhi’s conviction was stayed by the Supreme Court in the 2019 “Modi surname” remark defamation case on August 4, 2023.

Rating: Misrepresentation —