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  • 2019-05-15 (xsd:date)
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  • One video three ways: old footage of India’s Priyanka Gandhi viewed tens of thousands of times alongside multiple misleading claims (en)
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  • A video of Indian politician Priyanka Gandhi in a crowd has been viewed tens of thousands of times in Facebook posts that make multiple misleading claims about what it shows. Some posts say it shows Gandhi drunkenly assaulting party workers; others claim it shows her being attacked after making a comment against India’s prime minister; and yet more posts say the footage shows Gandhi elbowing people when she thought she was unobserved. All of the claims are false; the footage was first posted online in 2018 and shows Gandhi at an anti-sexual assault protest march in Delhi. The misleading posts all share a blurry 0:34 second video that shows Priyanka Gandhi , General Secretary of the Indian National Congress party, in a crowd. Claim 1: 'Totally sloshed' This Facebook post, published April 30, 2019, claims the footage shows a drunken Priyanka Gandhi assaulting a Congress party worker just days previously. The misleading post’s caption says: Breaking News On *27-Apr-2019* *Priyanka Vadra* after 4 shots of *Vodka?* totally sloshed She is hitting her own party woman(me) Wah re Congress? But No News Cover So plz share it behalf of me Regards Rubina Malik (Ex Congress Representative) Priyanka Gandhi also uses her married name Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Below is a screenshot of the post: Screenshot of the misleading Facebook post The same video and misleading claim have been posted repeatedly elsewhere on Facebook in recent weeks, for example here , here and here , and here on YouTube. Claim 2: Shoving people 'when no one is looking' The exact same video was shared here on April 26, 2019 alongside a claim it shows Priyanka Gandhi shoving poor people when she thought she was not being observed. The caption in Hindi says: See how they behave with people when no one is looking at them. The messiah of the poors is elbowing the common people. Claim 3: Political brawl And the video has also been viewed more than 57,000 times in this April 25, 2019 Facebook post, alongside a claim that it shows Priyanka Gandhi being shoved by a crowd after making a statement against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The caption in Hindi says: See how Priyanka Gandhi had to bear the brunt for saying: 'watchman is the thief'. The people rushed to beat her up. The term watchman or chowkidar in Hindi is a reference to one of Modi's key campaign slogans. Here is a video of Modi using the phrase, which he has also added to his official Twitter handle here . Original video: Protest against sexual assault All of the claims about the Priyanka Gandhi footage are false. The video is not breaking news, but was first posted online in April 2018 and shows an incident where the politician was shoved by a crowd at an anti-sexual assault rally in Delhi. A reverse image search on Google using keyframes from the video obtained using digital verification tool InVid found that the same footage was originally posted online around a year ago. For example, it was posted here on YouTube on April 12, 2018, with the Hindi-language headline: OMG Priyanka Vadra herself became victim of eve-teasing and maltreatment by Congress workers. Eve-teasing is a reference to sexual harassment, especially of women. Here is a dictionary definition of the term. The original video's caption says: Priyanka Vadra herself was molested by Congress workers at India Gate, she pushed them and shouted in anger against her own PiDi's. It is embedded below: According to multiple media reports, for example here on News18 and here in India Today, the footage shows an incident where Priyanka Gandhi was shoved while attending a rally to protest sexual assault in Delhi on April 12, 2018. The ANI news agency tweeted similar footage on April 13, 2018 showing Priyanka Gandhi wearing the same clothes as in the misleading footage alongside a caption in English that says: WATCH: Priyanka Gandhi gets angry at the candlelight march, says 'Nobody will push each other. You should know the reason for which you are here. If you cannot behave go home. Now, all of you will silently walk till there'. WATCH: Priyanka Gandhi gets angry at the candlelight march, says 'Nobody will push each other. You should know the reason for which you are here. If you cannot behave go home. Now, all of you will silently walk till there' pic.twitter.com/Hlu9cSKOJG — ANI (@ANI) April 12, 2018 The incident was also reported here and here in Indian media at the time. Here is a tweet dated April 12, 2018, from her brother and Congress party president Rahul Gandhi, inviting people to join him in a silent, peaceful, candlelight vigil at India Gate at midnight tonight to protest violence against women and demand justice. It is embedded below: Like millions of Indians my heart hurts tonight. India simply cannot continue to treat its women the way it does. Join me in a silent, peaceful, candlelight vigil at India Gate at midnight tonight to protest this violence and demand justice. — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) April 12, 2018 The misleading posts have also been debunked by Indian fact check website Boom Live here . (en)
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