Archive · 28 May 2025
Fact Check: Claim of Rahul Gandhi Using Actors is False
Some people said that Rahul Gandhi was using the same actor in different public meetings to make it look like he was talking to different groups.
But, this is not true!
Fact checkers looked into it and found out that the people in the pictures are not the same.
One person was a student leader, and the other was a railway porter.
Both of them said they were not the same person and that these claims were false.
The student leader said the claims were to hurt his reputation because he helps lower-caste students.
The fact checkers confirmed both men were different by checking the images and talking to them directly.
A claim spread that Rahul Gandhi used the same person posing as both a railway porter and a Delhi University student leader.
India Today Fact Check found the claim to be false.
The student leader, Lokesh Choudhary, confirmed he was not the porter.
The railway porter, Kedar Lal Meena, also confirmed he was not the student leader.
Both men were identified as different individuals through image comparison and direct confirmation.
- Who
- Rahul Gandhi, Lokesh Choudhary, Kedar Lal Meena, India Today Fact Check.
- What
- Fact-check of a claim that Rahul Gandhi used the same person in multiple public meetings.
- When
- Photos were taken on March 1 and May 22, 2025; fact check published on May 28, 2025.
- Where
- New Delhi, Delhi University.
- Why
- To debunk a viral claim about Rahul Gandhi using the same person in different public events.
Claim: Actors Used
Reality: Verified
Allegation
Claim: Actors Used
Rahul Gandhi used actors to feign interactions with different groups.
Reality: Verified
Rahul Gandhi did not use actors; claims are false.
- Figure in question
- Rahul Gandhi
- DUSU Joint Secretary
- Lokesh Choudhary
- Railway Porter
- Kedar Lal Meena
- Verification Source
- India Today Fact Check
- Fact Check Publication Date
- May 28, 2025