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Fact Check: Rahul Gandhi’s nameplate at Cambridge University did not mention his name as Rahul Rajiv Feroz

Rahul Gandhi was invited by the Cambridge University authorities in Britain to address the students on the topic of “Learning to listen in the 21st Century”.

By 14 Jun 2023 3:49 AM GMT
Fact Check: Rahul Gandhi’s nameplate at Cambridge University did not mention his name as Rahul Rajiv Feroz

Rahul Gandhi was invited by the Cambridge University authorities in Britain to address the students on the topic of “Learning to listen in the 21st Century”.

An image of Rahul Gandhi, a Congress leader with the nameplate ‘Rahul Rajiv Feroz’ is doing rounds on social media. The post claims that when Rahul Gandhi visited Cambridge University and gave a speech at an event, his nameplate showed “Rahul Rajiv Feroz, Gold from Potato expert, Wayanad, Kerala”.

The image is in circulation with caption in Telugu “వీడీ నిజ స్వరూపం...ఫిరోజ్ ఖాన్ పుత్ర రత్నం. కేంబ్రిడ్జి యూనివర్సిటీ వారు క్లారిటీగానే ఉన్నారు, మనమే పంటిత్ అని గాంధీ అని జోకుతున్నాం”

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1821433531584575

Fact Check:

The claim is false. The image is a morphed one.

When we performed Google reverse image search on the viral image, we found a few news articles that published the same image as the viral image in them. The report published on ABP Live.com which mentions about the lecture delivered by Rahul Gandhi on the topic of ‘Learning to listen in the 21st century’, published in March 2023, shares the viral image but there is nothing written on the nameplate.

Twitter user Sam Pitroda also shared this image with the caption “Some pictures from @RahulGandhi’s great lecture at @CambridgeMBA during his visit to a fellow of @CambridgeJBS Cambridge University on “Learning to Listen in the 21st Century.” #BharatJodoYatra #RahulGandhiinCambridge”

This image was shared by reports on Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Cambridge University in News 18 and ETV Bharat.

Therefore, the image shared is a morphed one and the text seen on the nameplate has been added to the original image shared in the news reports. The Cambridge did not mention his name as ‘Rahul Rajiv Feroz, Gold from Potato expert, Wayanad, Kerala’. The claim is false.

Claim :   Rahul Gandhi was called Rahul Rajiv Feroz at Cambridge
Claimed By :  Facebook Users
Claim Reviewed By :  Telugupost Network
Claim Source :  Facebook
Fact Check :  False
News Summary - Rahul Gandhi’s nameplate at Cambridge University did not mention his name as Rahul Rajiv Feroz
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A motivated professional with a zeal to learn with more than 7 years of experience as a Content and Digital manager in Press, Electronic, and Digital media. Fact checker with more than 4 years of experience in fact checking. Trained by Google News Initiative India Training Network. Fact check trainer, Factshala Trainer, BBC Young Reporter India Trainer and also participated in Trauma literacy training. Worked in Newsmeter.in as a Fact Check Lead from September 2019 to October 2021. Worked as a Freelance Senior Researcher with BBC World Service, Investigations Unit from January 2022 to Aril 2022 and also as Freelance Fact Checker for Newsmeter.in Also Conducting workshops on Fact Checking for various communities including Media students etc. Conducted fact checking workshops for school students as part of pilot project – BBC Young Reporter India in the past few months. Participated in Workshop on Countering Disinformation for Telugu Television Reporters conducted by US Consulate General and Osmania University in 2022 as Trainer. Trained the journalists on several topics of Fact checking such as Types of misinformation, Tools and Techniques of photo and video verification, Geolocation, writing fact checks, Health fact checking etc. Co-authored the first Fact check manual- “How to write Fact-checks” in Telugu language as part of the workshop. Presently working as Fact check lead in Telugupost.com.
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