Fact Check: BJP's tweet on RaGa not visiting any Hindu temple in Kerala is misleading
Surrounding this event, the Information and Technology Department head for Bharatiya Janata Party, Amit Malviya, tweeted that Rahul Gandhi did not visit a single Hindu temple in Kerala or Tamil Nadu during the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
The Bharat Jodo Yatra began on September 7, 2022, from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu, and would pass through 12 states by February 2023. Several Congress leaders have joined the walkathon.
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Surrounding this event, the Information and Technology Department head for Bharatiya Janata Party, Amit Malviya, tweeted that Rahul Gandhi did not visit a single Hindu temple in Kerala or Tamil Nadu during the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
He claimed that Gandhi, the son of a Catholic mother and a Parsi father, should stop the drama of "fancy dressing" as a Hindu as he "never bothered to visit a single Hindu temple" when in Kerala or Tamil Nadu during the Yatra but visited only minority religious places. (archived tweet)
This tweet was widely re-shared on social media.
FACT CHECK:
The Yatra began on September 7 in Kanyakumari and Gandhi visited the Vivekananda Memorial in the city. The Congress party shared a video on Twitter.
Gandhi met pastor George Ponnaiah at the Muttidichan Parai Church, Puliyoorkurichy and a few other Fathers and Archbishops. He also visited Parambayam Juma Masjid in Aluva, Ernakulam, and the St. Francis Xavier's Forane Church in Wadakkanchery, Thrissur. (Read more here, here and here)
However, no other pictures or videos of Gandhi visiting Hindu temples in Tamil Nadu could be found.
On September 10, the Yatra moved to Kerala. Here, Gandhi visited the Kannammoola Chattambi Swami temple in Thiruvananthapuram and the Thuravoor Mahakshethram temple in Cherthala, Alappuzha. Videos from these visits were shared by the Congress party on YouTube.
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Gandhi also met with Swamis of Sivagiri Mutt at Varkala, Thiruvananthapuram and Mata Amritanandamayi Ashram in Vallikkavu, Kollam (Read more here and here)
With this, it is clear that the claims of Rahul Gandhi not visiting Hindu temples in Kerala are false. While no videos or pictures of Rahul Gandhi visiting any Hindu temples in Tamil Nadu could be found, it is evident that he did visit a few in Kerala. The claim made by Amit Malviya is misleading.