India Today Journalist Falsely Claims Rahul Gandhi's Social Media Popularity

Imagine someone said a famous person had way more fans online than they really do.

That's what happened.

A journalist claimed Rahul Gandhi had a huge number of followers on Instagram, like 600 million!

They also said he had even more followers on Facebook than the Prime Minister.

But it wasn't true.

Rahul Gandhi actually has many fewer followers on both platforms.

The journalist made these claims during a radio show.

This is like when someone exaggerates to make a person look more popular than they are.