Following the government’s move of scrapping Article 370, a screenshot of a tweet under the name of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has surfaced on the internet.
The Tweet read: All the credit goes to Chacha Nehru for this historical day. Agar Nehru ji ne article 370 daala hi nahi hota Modi ji remove kaise karte.
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FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above post and found it to be FAKE.
As we can see in the screenshot, the above tweet is dated August 5th, 2019.
We scanned through Rahul Gandhi’s verified Twitter handle and we couldn’t find above tweet. We further witnessed that he had not tweeted anything related to the scrapping of Article 370 on Monday (August 5th, 2019).
Gandhi tweeted his first reactions on Tuesday.
National integration isn’t furthered by unilaterally tearing apart J&K, imprisoning elected representatives and violating our Constitution. This nation is made by its people, not plots of land.
This abuse of executive power has grave implications for our national security.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) August 6, 2019
Kashmir’s mainstream political leaders have been jailed at secret locations.
This is unconstitutional & undemocratic.
It’s also short sighted and foolish because it will allow terrorists to fill the leadership vaccum created by GOI.
The imprisoned leaders must be released.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) August 6, 2019
Hence, the above information proves that Rahul Gandhi did not tweet what has been attributed to him.
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