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Fact Check: Does This Video Show Rahul Gandhi Playing Badminton After Cong Lost In Assembly Elections? Here’s The Truth

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After Congress suffered a crushing defeat in the state assembly elections, some people started sharing a video claiming that Rahul Gandhi was playing badminton after poll results were declared.

Facebook users shared the video with the caption, “पांच राज्य में अपनी पार्टी का श्राद्ध करने के बाद वर्ल्ड बैडमिंटन चैम्पियन राहुल गांधी खेल का आनंद लेते हुए.”

(English Translation: World Badminton Champion Rahul Gandhi enjoying the game after performing his party Shradh in five states..)

Here’s the link to the above post.

FACT CHECK 

NewsMobile fact-checked the post and found the caption to be misleading.

We ran a keyword search on YouTube and found that the same video was shared by the official channel of the Indian National Congress on March 9, 2022.

The video was shared with the title, “Shri Rahul Gandhi enjoys a game of badminton at the new indoor stadium in Areekode, Malappuram.”

The same video was also shared on the official YouTube channel of Rahul Gandhi on March 9, 2022.

It should be noted that assembly election results for five Indian states – Goa, Manipur, Punjab,  Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand – were declared on March 10, 2022.
According to a report by The Indian Express, Rahul Gandhi ‘inaugurated the newly constructed indoor stadium on March 9, 2022, and also interacted with the students at the open-air theatre’. The report also mentioned that the multi-purpose stadium features four badminton courts, a basketball court and a volleyball court and can also be used for activities such as yoga, gymnastics, judo and wushu.
Hence, from the above information, it is clear that the video was taken before results of the assembly elections came out.

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