Fact check: Did Rahul, Priyanka Gandhi ‘break curfew to visit friends’, amid coronavirus lockdown?
New Delhi, Apr 05: Amid the nationwide lockdown to check the spread of the deadly coronavirus, a 90-second video of Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi's car being stopped by a policeman at security check has gone viral.
In the video, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi can be spotted sitting in the rear seat. The police can be heard saying that Section 144 is implemented in the area.
According to social media claims, "Rahul Gandhi & Priyanka Gandhi Vadra defying the law of the land during the lockdown and Section 144″ imposed in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
Several Facebook and Twitter users have shared the viral video.
This is Rahul Gandhi & Priyanka Gandhi breaking Lock-down Regulations saying they need to visit friends pic.twitter.com/ac6nVpe0AV
— आजाद Deepak Sharma बलिदान परम: धर्म🇮🇳 (@dee_sha1) April 4, 2020
However,
the
viral
video
was
shot
in
December
2019
during
protests
against
the
Citizenship
Amendment
Act
when
Congress
leaders
Priyanka
Gandhi
and
Rahul
Gandhi
were
stopped
from
entering
Meerut.
The
viral
video
has
no
connection
with
coronavirus
lockdown
and
is
old.