Following Rahul Gandhi’s recent visit to relief camps in Manipur recently, a video has been circulating widely that shows protesters confronting Rahul Gandhi and asking him to go back, because of his inflammatory speeches. This video is being shared in connection with his recent visit to Manipur, implying that the confrontation took place on 08 July 2024 (here & here). In this article, we fact-check the claims made in the post.
Claim: A video showing protesters demanding Rahul Gandhi to go back during his visit to relief camps in Manipur on 08 July 2024.
Fact: The viral video depicts an incident where Rahul Gandhi was confronted by protesters during his Bharat Jodo Yatra in Assam in January 2024. The video is unrelated to his recent visit to relief camps in Manipur. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, visited relief camps in the Jibram and Churachandpur districts of Manipur on 08 July 2024, to interact with those displaced by the ongoing ethnic violence between the Meiteis and the Kuki-Zos. However, the viral video being shared online is not related to this visit.
A relevant keyword search led us to news reports featuring the same visuals. According to these reports, Rahul Gandhi was confronted by protesters raising slogans, as seen in the viral video, during his visit to Nagaon, Assam (here, here & here) in January 2024. The incident occurred when he stopped at a roadside eatery.
According to another report, during his Bharat Jodo Yatra in Ambagan, Rahul Gandhi stopped at a restaurant where he was surrounded by a crowd raising slogans against him. These reports confirm that the viral video is not related to his recent July 2024 visit to Manipur.
To sum up, an old video of protesters confronting Rahul Gandhi in Assam is being circulated and falsely linked to his recent July 2024 visit to Manipur.
