The Boom Fact Check: A statement quoting senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader LK Advani regarding Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is viral on social media. It is being claimed that he has called Rahul Gandhi the “hero of Indian politics”. When this viral statement was investigated at several levels, it turned out to be completely fake.
BOOM Fact Check Team found that the viral claim is false. No credible report was found in this regard, which supports the viral claim made regarding this alleged statement of LK Advani. In the viral claim, this statement has been quoted from a website named ‘Awadhbhoomi’. Many pro-Congress users have also shared this false claim. Sharing this statement with a picture of LK Advani, a user on Facebook wrote, “Rahul Gandhi is the hero of Indian politics: LK Advani (Awadhbhoomi.com) 7 May 2024”
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“The country’s former Home Minister Bharat Ratna Shri Lal Krishna Advani A big statement has been given regarding Rahul Gandhi. Advani has said that even though I am from BJP, today as a social worker of India, I want to tell the Indian people that Rahul Gandhi is the only person who can make India a good nation, because he has It is the ability to take decisions which can provide new direction to the citizens of India. I have also served the country as a Home Minister. But I have never seen an influential leader like Rahul Gandhi in politics.”
The caption further reads, “LK Advani’s statement has come at a time when the third phase of elections is going on today. His statement is also being considered important because recently he has been given Bharat Ratna by the Modi government, in such a situation, by praising Rahul Gandhi, Lal Krishna Advani has posed a big challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
While fact checking, BOOM’s team thoroughly researched this statement given by LK Advani in reference to Rahul Gandhi with the help of related keywords. But no such report was found which confirms the viral claim. During investigation it was found that no reliable news outlet had published any news related to this statement.
Taking a hint from Avadhbhoomi.com mentioned in the viral post, BOOM’s team searched for news related to Rahul Gandhi and LK Advani published in it. With the help of Google search, this report was found titled ‘Rahul Gandhi is the hero of Indian politics: LK Advani’. Although this article no longer exists, the team discovered its archive link.
During investigation, it was found that the captions of this article and the viral claim were similar. Published on 8 May 2024, this article was written by ‘Anil Shukla Madhukar’. On scanning it was found that almost all the articles of this website have been written by Anil Shukla. Furthermore, the terms and conditions of this website Netherlands law Were according to.
Along with this, we also got a disclaimer, in which it was made clear that this website does not guarantee the completeness, reliability and accuracy of the information printed on it.
(This story was originally published by boomlive.in, Fact Check Desk, as part of the Shakti Collective. Except for the headline/excerpt/opening introduction para this story has not been edited by News18india.com staff)
Tags: Fact Check, fake news, Loksabha Elections, Viral Photo
FIRST PUBLISHED: May 12, 2024, 12:35 IST