By Oishani Bhattacharya

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted on May 17 an image of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi holding a book with a red cover and mentioned in the caption: “The original copy of the Constitution of India has a blue cover. The original Chinese constitution has a red cover. Does Rahul carry a Chinese Constitution? We will need to verify.” The Assam CM suggested that Gandhi was holding the Chinese Constitution in a rally.

His tweet has received over 10 lakh views and has been retweeted over 7,100 times.

https://twitter.com/himantabiswa/status/1791425606279983105?t=hijJZI96UUtcX0htiPlrkQ&s=19

Several other users including Harsh Chaturvedi BJP (मोदी का परिवार) (@harshcha) who is the BJP Uttar Pradesh’s social media co-convener, further shared the same set of images with the Assam CM’s claim.

Fact Check

We ran a reverse image search on the picture of Rahul Gandhi that was shared by the Assam CM. This led us to a news report by The Morung Express who had also carried the same image. As per the report, the image is from a public meeting held in Nagarkurnool, Telangana, where Rahul Gandhi addressed a prepoll rally. Presenting a copy of the Indian Constitution at the rally, Gandhi claimed that the INDIA bloc was determined to protect the Constitution.

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