Priyanka Gandhi weaves pretend farmer-soldier story, Congress lies to defend chief

The Congress social gathering and its chief Priyanka Gandhi, who has been on the forefront of the anti-farm regulation protests that in flip have been spearheaded by Khalistani parts, have been caught in their very own net of lies. On Monday, widespread Twitter deal with ‘Political Kida’ identified a tweet by Gandhi whereby she shared a pretend story about an ’emotional union’ between a farmer and his soldier son.
Priyanka Gandhi, who’s the General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee for Uttar Pradesh, had tweeted on Sunday (February 7), “Immediately, after he was sanctioned a leave, a soldier went to Delhi to meet his father. He was tear-eyed. His father has been fighting for his identity and existence for the past 75 days (referring the elderly man as a farmer who has been participating in the anti-farm law agitation).”
She additional claimed, “And this corporate-friendly government has the audacity to call them terrorists, traitors and conspirators? The opportunist and fraud government must be ashamed of itself”. Her ’emotional’ Twitter submit was accompanied by an image of an aged man holding onto the cheeks of a younger man, wearing a soldier’s uniform.
Tag Liberals and Piddis who shared this pretend information & Show them Mirror of the reality. pic.twitter.com/0lARZEia9S— Political Kida (@PoliticalKida) February 8, 2021
Hours after Congress scion Priyanka Gandhi posted the tweet, India Today’s Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) discovered that her tweet was deceptive. Although India Today fact-checked different Twitter handles who posted the identical story, it’s clear that the Congress chief lied in her tweet. The information portal concluded that the image was not taken in Delhi, as claimed by Priyanka Gandhi, however in Ludhiana in Punjab. After her tweet was debunked, the Congress scion rapidly deleted her tweet.
When Twitter deal with ‘Political Kida’ pointed it out, Congress Secretary (Communications) Dr Vineet Punia alleged that Priyanka Gandhi by no means posted any such tweet. Instead of questioning the Congress chief, Punia labelled Political Kida as a ‘fake’ information purveyor and urged Twitter India to take discover.
But, his enthusiasm was short-lived because the Twitter deal with shared the archived hyperlink of Mrs Gandhi’s tweet.
Never Doubt @PoliticalKida, we don’t make any allegations with out proof in contrast to Congress.Archive hyperlink of Priyanka Gandhi’s Deleted Tweet: https://t.co/vG7GQiM6R0 https://t.co/Y7SbOnFAzK— Political Kida (@PoliticalKida) February 9, 2021
Opindia additionally discovered that the official Twitter deal with (@INCIndia) of Congress Party had additionally shared the identical image with the same deceptive declare on Sunday. “The BJP rulers have brought the farmer and the solider at crossroads with each other. But both of them are committed to the service of the nation and they co-operate with each other. BJP’s plan is to drive a wedge between a farmer and a soldier will not succeed”, the tweet learn.
Screengrab of the tweet by Congress’ Twitter handleAt the time of writing, the official deal with of the Congress social gathering didn’t delete the tweet. It is fascinating to notice how the chain of lies caught the grand previous social gathering and its chief Priyanka Gandhi off-guard. Although Mrs Gandhi was the primary to submit the pretend story in regards to the reunion of a ‘farmer and a soldier’, she didn’t apologise for her tweet. Another Congress chief, Dr Punia, then lied about the truth that Priyanka Gandhi peddled pretend information on the micro-blogging website. While the saga of faux information continued, the official deal with of the Congress social gathering forgot to delete the tweet.
Congress lies about rioter’s loss of life
In a shameful show of political opportunism, Congress social gathering continues to flog the lifeless horse concerning the unlucky loss of life of a rioter named Navreet Singh throughout the Republic Day violence after his tractor overturned. The protestor was killed on Republic Day after his tractor turned turtle whereas he was making an attempt to interrupt barricades.
Soon after, a number of media portals, journalists and politicians began peddling the pretend information that Navreet Singh died of a bullet damage after Delhi police shot him. Delhi police had issued a clarification quickly after stating that the protestor died of accidents sustained by him after his tractor turned turtle. Delhi police’s clarification was confirmed by the postmortem report of the deceased protestor that acknowledged that he had died of “shock and haemorrhage as a result of antemortem head injury”.
In a traditional case of political opportunism, Priyanka Gandhi together with different Congress leaders left for Rampur in Uttar Pradesh to satisfy Navreet’s relations.However, in utter disregard for reality, the Congress social gathering continues to hawk the narrative that Navreet Singh died after being shot by the Delhi police. In an obvious effort to additional politicise the problem, Congress scion Priyanka Gandhi Vadra met the household of Navreet Singh.