Fact Check: Video Of Priyanka Gandhi`s Staff Misbehaving With Journalist Goes Viral; Know The Truth

Fact Check: A video is going viral on social media showing Congress workers threatening a news channel journalist who asked questions to Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi. Social media users are claiming that this incident occurred recently in Amethi and Rae Bareli. However, an investigation by Vishvas News, the fact-checking arm of Jagran New Media, found that the viral post was fake. The incident took place in Sonbhadra in 2019 and has no connection to Amethi or Rae Bareli. Fact Check: Whats Going Viral Facebook user Suneel M. Awasthi shared a video on May 15 on a page named I SUPPORT NRC Ghuspathiye Bhagao. While uploading the video, the user wrote in the caption: "When Priyanka Vadra, aka Priyanka Gandhi, goes to campaign in Rae Bareli and Amethi, see in this video what an army of goons she carries with her. The journalist just asked, Priyanka ji, what is your opinion on the removal of Article 370? Then Priyanka Vadra signaled her goons, and they started beating the journalist. One goon even threatened to kill the journalist right in front of her, and she smiled shamelessly. If Hindus have even a little bit of shame left, do not vote for Congress." Fact Check: Whats The Truth Behind The Viral Video Vishvas News team carefully watched the video and noticed that the journalist was holding a mic with the ABP News channel logo. However, the logo on this mic is an old version of the ABP logo, which was changed in 2020. By searching with relevant keywords, the Vishvas News team found the original news report on ABP News YouTube channel. This video, uploaded on August 13, 2019, reported that Congress workers had misbehaved with a reporter from ABP Ganga in Sonbhadra. We also found several news stories from 2019 on this incident. According to these reports, the journalist seen in the video is Nitish Pandey. Further, Vishvas News spoke to journalist Nitish Pandey. He confirmed that he was working with ABP Ganga at the time of the incident and is now associated with Zee Media. Nitish confirmed that he is the one in the video, and the incident occurred in Sonbhadra in 2019. Click Here To Read The Full Fact Check Report

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