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Fact Check: Rahul Gandhi ‘steals’ coin from Mahatma Gandhi’s grave? No, here’s what really happened

The claim is misleading. The viral video shows Rahul Gandhi picking up a flower from the grave of his father, Rajiv Gandhi.

Yusha Rahman

A video of Congress leader and leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, has gone viral on social media. In the video, he is seen picking up something from a grave and putting it in his pocket.

The video is shared with a caption claiming that he was picking a coin from the grave of Mahatma Gandhi.

A social media user shared the video with a caption that reads, “Though it is an old tradition to put coins during a funeral procession or at the cremation ground, this initiative of picking up the coin is wholeheartedly welcomed. He picked up the coin offered at Bapu’s Samadhi and put it in his pocket. He is a born thief!” (Translated from Hindi)

Fact Check

SouthCheck found that the claim is misleading. The video shows Rahul visiting his father’s grave and picking up a flower.

On a Google reverse image search, we found that the same video was shared by News Tak on May 21. The video was shared with a caption suggesting that Rahul Gandhi had visited the memorial of his father, Rajiv Gandhi, on his death anniversary. He got emotional and picked up a flower from the memorial as a remembrance.

The longer version of the same video was also shared by Live Hindustan on May 21. At around the 1:37-minute timestamp, we can see Rahul Gandhi picking up something from the memorial. The video is shared with a caption suggesting that Rahul Gandhi was doing rounds of the memorial of his father. He then picked up a flower and kept it in his pocket.

The video was also shared by Uttarakhand Congress on their X account on May 21 and reiterated the same information.

Therefore, we conclude that the viral claim is misleading.

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