Congress shares pretend AajTak survey about Rahul Gandhi being extra in style than PM Narendra Modi

On Thursday (October 13) morning, the Congress celebration lauded its chief Rahul Gandhi for supposedly overtaking Prime Minister Narendra Modi because the individuals’s selection, based mostly on an imaginary survey attributed to information outlet Aaj Tak.

The ‘photoshopped survey’ claimed that the Congress scion has an approval score of 52% whereas PM Narendra Modi lags behind with simply 46% approving him as a most popular chief.

While boasting in regards to the ‘changing public perception’, the official deal with of Delhi Congress tweeted, “The mood of the nation is changing. People have now decided to teach a lesson to those who make fake promises (hinting at the BJP and PM Modi).” The archived model of the tweet will be accessed right here.

Screengrab of the tweet by the Congress celebration

However, the happiness of the Congress ecosystem was short-lived as Aaj Tak was pressured to debunk the disinformation peddled in its identify.

In a tweet, the information outlet made it clear that no such survey was carried out by its staff and the picture shared by Delhi Congress was morphed. It clarified, “Delhi Congresss, the information shared via your tweet is false. The image is photoshopped. Aaj Tak has not conducted any such survey and it is fake.”

“As a responsible political organisation, we expect you to promptly remove this misleading tweet that falsely attributes Aaj Tak,” it emphasised.

CLARIFICATION: @INCDelhi इस ट्वीट में शेयर की गई जानकारी पूरी तरह से गलत है. यह तस्वीर Photoshopped है. आजतक ने ऐसा कोई सर्वे नहीं कराया है, यह पूरी तरह Fake है. हम आशा करते हैं कि आपके जैसे जिम्मेदार राजनीतिक संगठन आजतक के नाम पर गलत ख़बर वाले इस ट्वीट को तुरंत हटा लेंगे
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— AajTak (@aajtak) October 13, 2022

Soon after, Delhi Congress deleted the tweet with out citing any apology for peddling disinformation. By the time the tweet was deleted, it was favored by 1500 individuals and retweeted over 350 occasions.

Congress chief spreads pretend letter attributed to Amit Shah

Earlier in June this yr, Congress chief Nagma Morarji tweeted a pretend letter attributed to India’s Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The purported letter directed Uttarkhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami to supply Z safety to former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma on an pressing foundation.

“In current scenario, I recommend you to evaluate emerging threats to the family house of Smt Nupur Sharma in Dehradun and provide Z security on urgent basis,” the letter mentioned.

Furthermore, the alleged letter recognized Nupur Sharma as an RSS ideologue who might assist obtain the objective of a Hindu Rashtra. Journalist Swati Goel Sharma was fast to name out her bluff. On being identified that the letter is pretend, Morarji rapidly deleted her tweet with out bothering to tender an apology.