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DeTect: Old pic of Gandhis shared as ‘laughing’ en route to Hathras

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A picture of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi smiling and posing for a photo has been trending on social media recently. Users are claiming that this picture was taken on their way to UP’s Hathras. Sharing this on Twitter, a user wrote, “Here are Leaders of Opposition going to Hathras, grief clearly visible on their faces.” She later took down her tweet. Alt News found the photo was taken in April 2019 when the Congress leaders were campaigning for Lok Sabha elections.

First published on www.altnews.in

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