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Claim: Priyanka Gandhi has worn a Christian Cross over her neck during a Congress election rally in Kerala. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-30)
Evidence (2024-09-16): Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (née Gandhi; born 12 January 1972) is an Indian politician and a general secretary of the All India Congress Committee. She is the daughter of former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, sister of Rahul Gandhi, and granddaughter of Feroze and Indira Gandhi, making her a member of the politically prominent Nehru-Gandhi family. Gandhi is the Congress candidate for the 2024 Wayanad Lok Sabha By-poll election. [...] - ^ "Priyanka Gandhi will be face of Congress election campaign in U.P., says P.L. Punia". The Hindu. 17 October 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
Claim: Priyanka Gandhi has worn a Christian Cross over her neck during a Congress election rally in Kerala. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-30)
Evidence (2024-06-18): Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Congress leader and sister of former party president Rahul Gandhi, is set to make her debut in electoral politics. Since her entry into active politics in 2019, Priyanka was projected as a possible challenger to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Rumours even circulated that she might challenge the PM from Varanasi in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Additionally, a few Congress leaders wanted her to run from the family's pocket borough of Rae Bareli, which is held by mother and Congress veteran Sonia Gandhi, who relocated to the Rajya Sabha prior to the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. Notably, the Congress's decision to field her from Kerala's Wayanad, the parliamentary seat that her elder brother Rahul Gandhi won for two consecutive terms, is seen as a significant move to rest the party's power around the Gandhi family or endorsing critics' claim that Gandhi family is the axis of Congress. [...] August 05, 2022: Priyanka Gandhi was detained by the Delhi Police when she staged a sit-in as part of the Congress's nationwide protest against price rise, the GST hike on essential items and unemployment outside Congress headquarters in the national capital.
Claim: Priyanka Gandhi has worn a Christian Cross over her neck during a Congress election rally in Kerala. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-30)
Evidence (2024-06-17): However, Priyanka's party opted to nominate her for the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala, a constituency her elder brother Rahul Gandhi secured for two consecutive terms. [...] 52-year-old Priyanka, whose name did the rounds as the Congress candidate for Amethi, Rae Bareli and Varanasi parliamentary seats, will finally make her debut in electoral politics from the safe environs of Wayanad in Kerala, a state that the Congress has almost swept in the 2019 and 2024 Lok Sabha elections. [...] "The Congress for a long time was in search of an effective campaigner and in the 2024 elections, Priyanka Gandhi has been a revelation in the way she has responded to Modi. Priyanka Gandhi showed Modi can be countered and played a key role pan-India," said Rasheed Kidwai, who has authored several books, including "24 Akbar Road: A Short History of the People Behind the Fall and Rise of the Congress."
Claim: Priyanka Gandhi has worn a Christian Cross over her neck during a Congress election rally in Kerala. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-30)
Evidence (2024-05-02): "When Modiji utters nonsense about a woman like Indiraji, when Modiji, after seeing this feeling of patriotism, only sees dynastic politics, he cannot understand this sacrifice," Priyanka said in a voice choked with emotion. She was addressing an election rally in Morena in Madhya Pradesh. [...] Priyanka also touched upon the barrage of attacks faced by the Gandhi family from BJP leaders. [...] Priyanka also recalled her meeting with the family members of the victims of the Pulwama terror attack to highlight the feelings of sacrifice.
Claim: Priyanka Gandhi has worn a Christian Cross over her neck during a Congress election rally in Kerala. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-30)
Evidence (2019-03-19): Even as Priyanka Gandhi Vadra kicked off the Lok Sabha election campaign with her three-day visit to eastern Uttar Pradesh, a group of lawyers on Monday demanded that the Congress leader be barred from entering the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi as she is a "Christian". [...] Also read - Wayanad landslide: ‘Kerala has not seen such a tragedy’, says Rahul; Congress pledges to build 100 houses - ‘Attack on Constitution’: Priyanka Gandhi slams UP govt’s Kanwar Yatra directive - Robert Vadra slams Modi over Emergency jibe, says PM is 'obsessed with Gandhi family' - Mamata Banerjee to campaign for Priyanka Gandhi in Wayanad?
Claim: Priyanka Gandhi has worn a Christian Cross over her neck during a Congress election rally in Kerala. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-30)
Evidence (2024-04-24): Priyanka Gandhi: What you need to know about the Indian politician - Published A quick guide to Priyanka Gandhi Priyanka Gandhi is the daughter of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. For years, she has shunned the limelight, instead preferring to support her brother, Rahul. Now, at 52, she could play a key role in the upcoming elections.
Claim: Priyanka Gandhi has worn a Christian Cross over her neck during a Congress election rally in Kerala. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-30)
Evidence (2019-03-30): A picture of Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra wearing a cross is going viral on all social media platforms, be it Facebook or Twitter. In one of the picture, a caption in Hindi read, "There is a cross in place of mangal sutra in the neck of janaudhari dattatreya Brahmin's ( Rahul Gandhi) janaudhari sister, and she (Priyanka) says I am the daughter of Ganga". The post also refers to the Gandhi family as "number one fake family". This message is accompanied by a picture of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, which has been shared multiple times on Facebook. Gandhi is seen bearing a cross in the picture. The image is posted by a Facebook page called "Modi Government". [...] Thus, now we all know that the photograph of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra shared on social media with the claim that she is sporting a cross, is photoshopped. Priyanka was wearing a pendant and not a cross.
Claim: Priyanka Gandhi has worn a Christian Cross over her neck during a Congress election rally in Kerala. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-30)
Evidence (2019-04-03): Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was wearing a cross at a rally is being shared widely on social media platforms and WhatsApp. [...] TRUTHThe photo showing Gandhi wearing a cross is digitally-manipulated. The original photo is credited to photographer Sanjay Janokia, AFP and Getty Images, and shows Gandhi wearing a pendant and not a cross. [...] VERDICTTimes Fact Check has found that the image made to appear as if Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was wearing a cross at a rally is digitally manipulated. The original photo has Gandhi wearing a normal pendant and not a cross.
Claim: Priyanka Gandhi has worn a Christian Cross over her neck during a Congress election rally in Kerala. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-30)
Evidence (2019-04-02): A picture of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra wearing a cross is going viral on Facebook. One of the captions, written in Hindi, reads, "There is a cross in place of mangal sutra in the neck of janaudhari dattatreya Brahmin’s ( Rahul Gandhi) janaudhari sister, and she (Priyanka) claims to be the daughter of Ganga". The post also calls the Gandhi family "number one fake family". [...] The image of a cross has been morphed on the pendant Gandhi Vadra was wearing at the rally.
Claim: Priyanka Gandhi has worn a Christian Cross over her neck during a Congress election rally in Kerala. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-30)
Evidence (2024-06-04): With the Congress putting up a surprisingly good show in the Lok Sabha polls, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has cemented her position as her party's talisman. "The Congress for a long time was in search of an effective campaigner and in the 2024 elections Priyanka Gandhi has been a revelation in the way she has responded to Modi. Priyanka Gandhi showed Modi can be countered and played a key role pan-India," said Rasheed Kidwai, who has authored several books, including "24 Akbar Road: A Short History Of The People Behind The Fall And Rise Of The Congress". [...] It was just one of the many instances in the campaign during which Priyanka Gandhi went on a charm offensive with speeches centred around anecdotes from past elections -- when she campaigned for her mother Sonia Gandhi or brother Rahul, or from her childhood when she accompanied her father Rajiv Gandhi who fought multiple elections from Amethi.
Claim: Priyanka Gandhi has worn a Christian Cross over her neck during a Congress election rally in Kerala. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-30)
Evidence (2024-06-04): She scoffed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s barbs by delivering her own piercing jibes. She revived painful memories of her father’s assassination to emphasise her family’s sacrifices and patriotism. Drawing immense crowds in rally after rally, she emerged as the mobiliser-in-chief for her party. With the Congress putting up a surprisingly good show in the Lok Sabha polls, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has cemented her position as her party’s talisman. "The Congress for a long time was in search of an effective campaigner and in the 2024 elections Priyanka Gandhi has been a revelation in the way she has responded to Modi. Priyanka Gandhi showed Modi can be countered and played a key role pan-India," said Rasheed Kidwai, who has authored several books, including "24 Akbar Road: A Short History Of The People Behind The Fall And Rise Of The Congress". [...] It was just one of the many instances in the campaign during which Priyanka Gandhi went on a charm offensive with speeches centred around anecdotes from past elections — when she campaigned for her mother Sonia Gandhi or brother Rahul, or from her childhood when she accompanied her father Rajiv Gandhi who fought multiple elections from Amethi. In one meeting, she said she would fast for her father’s safety after he lost power and was in the opposition.
Claim: Priyanka Gandhi has worn a Christian Cross over her neck during a Congress election rally in Kerala. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-30)
Evidence (2024-06-06): In the run up to the elections, the Congress' star campaigner Priyanka Gandhi was seen criss-crossing through the country in order to turn the odds in the party's favour. [...] Ranchi: Priyanka Gandhi led her maiden rally in Ranchi on 22 May, where she was also seen performing a traditional dance with locals. Here, she raised the issue of former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren being arrested and targeted PM Modi for "weakening the democracy." BJP candidate Sanjay Seth defeated Congress’ Yashaswini Sahay by a margin of 1.2 lakh votes. [...] Patiala: Priyanka Gandhi held a rally here on 26 May and campaigned for Dr Dharamvira Gandhi. Here, she held a ‘Nari Nyay Sammelan’ or a special rally for women and focused her speech on dispelling wealth redistribution related mistruths that PM Narendra Modi had uttered while electioneering. Congress candidate Dharamvira Gandhi won by a thin margin of over 14,000 votes.
Claim: Priyanka Gandhi has worn a Christian Cross over her neck during a Congress election rally in Kerala. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-30)
Evidence (2024-04-24): Priyanka Gandhi: What you need to know about the Indian politicianProduced by Text Formats. Image credits: Getty Images/ShutterstockA quick guide to Narendra ModiA quick guide to Rahul GandhiThe history of the Gandhi dynastyA simple guide to India's general electionRahul GandhiIndia Election 2024Priyanka GandhiDemocracyIndia
Claim: Priyanka Gandhi has worn a Christian Cross over her neck during a Congress election rally in Kerala. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-30)
Evidence (2019-04-03): A post carrying the pic of Priyanka Gandhi is being shared by many Facebook users since the past few days. In the post, it is alleged that Priyanka Gandhi has worn Christian Cross over her neck during her election rally in Kerala. Let’s try to analyze the authenticity of the claim made in the post. [...] Fact: The image in the post was the one captured during Priyanka Gandhi’s Uttar Pradesh election campaign in 2017. It was photoshopped by a few to gain political mileage for the upcoming general elections. Hence, the claim made in the post stands FALSE. When the photo in the post is searched using Google reverse image search technique, it was found in Bloomberg’s article titled "A New Gandhi Enters Politics and Shakes Up India’s Election". From the article, we can also find that the image was the one captured during Priyanka Gandhi’s Uttar Pradesh election rally-2017.In the original image, the chain worn by Priyanka Gandhi doesn’t carry any Cross with it as alleged in the post. So, the image in the post is a photoshopped one. The original image can be found on Getty Images.Finally, Priyanka Gandhi hasn’t worn a Cross over her neck during her election campaign and the photo is from UP Congress’s election rally-2017.
Claim: Priyanka Gandhi has worn a Christian Cross over her neck during a Congress election rally in Kerala. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-30)
Evidence (2016-07-26): Pajo, Bianka (2022) Influence of Cross-anisotropy on the Interpretation of Plate Load Tests
Claim: Priyanka Gandhi has worn a Christian Cross over her neck during a Congress election rally in Kerala. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-30)
Evidence (2024-05-07): Nehru-Gandhi family. But in Pathanamthitta, a seat in the southern state of Kerala, it is fielding a political scion in Anil Antony - son of a veteran Congress leader. [...] "Kerala is a secular state," he said. "But for it to continue to be a secular state, the Muslim population and their conversion strategy must be kept under check." [...] Additional reporting by Jose Joseph in Kerala; Editing by Katerina Ang =========================================================================================================================
Claim: Priyanka Gandhi has worn a Christian Cross over her neck during a Congress election rally in Kerala. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-30)
Evidence (2014-02-08): If you leave out the Northeast, Dang has the highest Christian population. They wanted to separate from Gujarat and become a separate state. Kerala does not have that. Christians are scattered; they are not concentrated in one district, are they? Ok, yes, they are in Kottayam. [...] Itne Christians ek saath mein Hindu hue, Christian mein bhi hulchul hua (So many Christians became Hindus at once, it caused a commotion among Christians). Christian leaders from the Vatican, US religious leaders started coming to Dang to enquire into this. Sonia Gandhi came down and met Christians and they said that a person of the RSS is here and he is doing this. Lalu Yadav, Paswan, Deve Gowda; all came. [...] Main poocha aapke gao mein Hindu kitne, Christian kitne? Woh bola sabhi Christian hain.
Claim: Priyanka Gandhi has worn a Christian Cross over her neck during a Congress election rally in Kerala. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-30)
Evidence (2024-08-12): Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday expressed her concern regarding the ongoing attacks on minority communities in Bangladesh. She emphasised that any form of discrimination, violence, or attacks based on religion, caste, language, or identity is unacceptable in a civilized society. [...] Priyanka Gandhi said, "The news of continuous attacks on minorities in neighbouring Bangladesh is disturbing.
Claim: Priyanka Gandhi has worn a Christian Cross over her neck during a Congress election rally in Kerala. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-30)
Evidence (2020-05-05): A collage with a couple of photos of Priyanka Gandhi is being widely shared on social media. It is being claimed that one photo in the collage shows Priyanka wearing a Rudraksha mala during her visit to Uttar Pradesh and the other photo is of Priyanka wearing a ‘Christian cross’ over her neck during her Kerala visit. But, FACTLY has found that the photo of Priyanka Gandhi wearing a ‘Christian cross’ over her neck is photoshopped. In the original image, the chain worn by Priyanka Gandhi does not have a ‘Christian cross’. The photo was captured during an election rally in Uttar Pradesh 2017. Also, FACTLY has debunked the photo when it went viral in 2019. [...] Fact – 1. Getty Images – https://www.gettyimages.in/detail/news-photo/indian-congress-party-leader-priyanka-gandhi-arrives-at-a-news-photo/642274474
Claim: Priyanka Gandhi has worn a Christian Cross over her neck during a Congress election rally in Kerala. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-30)
Evidence (2024-06-16): Kerala: Protest over unified mass throws Syro-Malabar church in turmoil
Claim: Priyanka Gandhi has worn a Christian Cross over her neck during a Congress election rally in Kerala. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-30)
Evidence (2023-11-24): Another post showed a selfie of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra with Rijil Makkutty, a Youth Congress leader who had been suspended in 2017 for butchering an ox in public. The text accompanying the post said, "That time the Congress pretended to throw him out of the party. Now she is taking a selfie with the devil. Make this viral so Hindus in the five states know about it." Makkutty is now vice-president of the Youth Congress in Kerala. [...] Other young men offered up their phones with videos and posts on Hindutva talking points and anti-Muslim theories. One post, for example, contained two pictures of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. The first showed her wearing a Hindu rudraksh, the second showed her wearing a Christian cross. The post was captioned "a rudraksh in Kashi and a cross in Kerala".
Claim: Priyanka Gandhi has worn a Christian Cross over her neck during a Congress election rally in Kerala. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-30)
Evidence (2024-09-28): - ^ a b c d "Congress kicks off poll campaign with 'Aiswarya Kerala yatra'". The News Minute. Retrieved 24 November 2020. - ^ a b c PTI (31 January 2021). "Kerala: Hitting out at 'misrule' of LDF govt, UDF launches state-wide rally". Hindutan Times. [...] - ^ "Chandy Oommen secures big win for Congress in Kerala, BJP candidate loses deposit". India Today. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
Claim: Priyanka Gandhi has worn a Christian Cross over her neck during a Congress election rally in Kerala. (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-03-30)
Evidence (2024-02-12): At 5:00 p.m. the rally culminated in a meeting on the local school grounds. The Christian community was again made the target of speeches that openly instigated people to engage in violence against members of minority communities. While the meeting was taking place, ten to fifteen tribal Christians, mostly women, were identified in the marketplace by rally participants who began pelting them with stones. Three women and one child were injured.[105] Soon thereafter, Christians began throwing stones at meeting participants. The participants split into two groups. One group headed toward the Church of North India while the other made its way to Deep Darshan High School. On its way to the church, the angry mob destroyed several Christian and Muslim shops, being careful to spare those that carried saffron flags. As the mob approached the church, police, including members of the State Reserve Police Force, began indiscriminately lathi-charging (charging with batons) and firing tear gas at the mob and at Christian by-standers in the crowd. Several Christians were also beaten up by the police even after they entered their own homes.[106] [...] Human Rights Watch also spoke to Gumujbhai, local HJM secretary at the time of the rally, who denied any wrongdoing on the part of rally participants. He claimed that those marching said nothing against Christians. Human Rights Watch, however, heard a tape recording of the rally in which the following slogans were raised (translated from Hindi):
Claim: More civilians killed under NDA than UPA (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-04-15)
Evidence (2019-04-15): Total terror related incidents under UPA & NDA govt. are 9739 & 1219. So, the claim is FALSE.
Claim: More civilians killed under NDA than UPA (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-04-15)
Evidence (2018-01-02): Official figures further reveal that more terrorists were killed by the security forces during the BJP's tenure than under the UPA. [...] The number of civilians killed under the current government, however, stands at 100 as compared to 108 under the UPA. Contary to the above-mentioned official data, Surjewala had, on December 29, claimed in a tweet that as many as 134 civilians were killed under the NDA rule, whereas 71 were killed when the UPA was in power.
Claim: More civilians killed under NDA than UPA (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-04-15)
Evidence (2021-12-08): (New York) – The killing of 14 civilians by Indian security forces in Nagaland state highlights the need for the Indian government to immediately repeal the abusive Armed Forces Special Powers Act, Human Rights Watch said today. The law gives armed forces deployed in internal conflicts broad powers to use lethal force and provides soldiers with effective immunity from prosecution.
Claim: More civilians killed under NDA than UPA (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-04-15)
Evidence (2024-10-03): Throughout Volhynia, individuals, often with their families, began to be killed, while in the Kostopol and Sarny counties in the northeastern part of Volhynia, where Ivan Lytvynchuk "Dubovy" was in command, the UPA proceeded to systematically murder Poles.[89] They attacked dozens of villages, the largest massacre of which took place in Lipniki, where one of the first Polish self-defences was established, but despite resistance during the attack on the night of 26–27 March, the "Dubovy" unit murdered 184 people.[89] About 130 people were murdered in Brzezina on 8 April 1943.[90] Then the massacres began to be carried out in the westward located counties, mainly in the Lutsk county.[91] According to Timothy Snyder, in late March and early April 1943, the UPA forces killed 7,000 Polish civilians.[92] [...] According to Ukrainian sources, in October 1943 the Volhynian delegation of the Polish government estimated the number of Polish casualties in Sarny, Kostopol, Równe and Zdołbunów counties to exceed 15,000.[165] Timothy Snyder estimates that in July 1943, the UPA actions resulted in the deaths of at least 40,000 Polish civilians in Volhynia (in March 1944, another 10,000 were killed in Galicia),[166] causing additional 200,000 Poles to flee west before September 1944 and 800,000 afterward.[51][166] [...] The historian Timothy Snyder considers it likely that the UPA killed as many Ukrainians as it killed Poles, because local Ukrainians who did not adhere to its form of nationalism were considered traitors.[9]
Claim: More civilians killed under NDA than UPA (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-04-15)
Evidence (2023-06-05): From 2004-05, when the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), formed the government in the Centre, until 2014, when it demitted office, a total of 1,711 accident took place. As compared to this, from 2014 to March 2023, when BJP-led NDA occupied the centre-stage, the railways recorded a total of 638 accidents. [...] While 2,453 lives were lost and 4,486 injured in all train accidents recorded in the UPA era, the NDA-rule has witnessed 781 deaths and 1,543 injuries. For both the coalition governments, train derailment formed the biggest chunk of all rail accidents, with 867 train derailments reported during the UPA-rule compared to the 426 in the NDA-dispensation.
Claim: More civilians killed under NDA than UPA (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-04-15)
Evidence (2024-10-07): More than 300 aid workers, the vast majority from the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), have been killed in Gaza – more than in any other single crisis, making Gaza the most dangerous place for aid workers.
Claim: More civilians killed under NDA than UPA (FACEBOOK POST, 2019-04-15)
Evidence (2024-08-27): List of estimates of the number of victims of massacres committed by the UPA against Poles and of Polish retaliatory actions This list shows the estimates of the number of casualties in the mutual massacres between Poles and Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA).