BJP IT cell in charge Amit Malviya uploaded an image of a tweet by “Sandeep Singh” claiming that Priyanka Gandhi’s personal secretary/acolyte, Sandeep Singh, vigorously advocated for Varun Gandhi as a better competent candidate from Amethi than Rahul Gandhi.
@amitmalviya tweeted “The fight between Priyanka Vadra and Rahul Gandhi is out in the open, again. It can’t get more obvious than Sandeep Singh, a Priyanka acolyte, openly advocating for Varun Gandhi as a more competent candidate from Amethi, instead of Rahul. Is this the last election, before PVG takes over?” on March 25, 2024. The tweet has received an about 112.1k views on X.
The fight between Priyanka Vadra and Rahul Gandhi is out in the open, again. It can’t get more obvious than Sandeep Singh, a Priyanka acolyte, openly advocating for Varun Gandhi as a more competent candidate from Amethi, instead of Rahul. Is this the last election, before PVG… pic.twitter.com/jSEJYH8dj6
— Amit Malviya (मोदी का परिवार) (@amitmalviya) March 25, 2024
What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
The truth is that Sandeep Singh (a social activist and journalist, according to his Twitter account bio) is not Priyanka Gandhi’s personal secretary, but rather someone who was previously spotted with Rahul Gandhi on the Bharat Jodo Yatra. Activist Sandeep Singh posted the photo with Rahul Gandhi on Facebook on March 24, 2024. We visited lokmatnews, which published an article on this incident on August 14, 2019 with the headline “Know who is Priyanka Gandhi’s personal assistant Sandeep Singh, had once shown black flags to former PM Manmohan Singh in JNU.” . The journalist had actually lodged an FIR against Sandeep Singh, who is Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s Personal Secretary. It was mentioned in the FIR that Nitish Kumar, who is a Varanasi resident, had alleged that when Priyanka Gandhi came to Sonbhadra, her personal assitant beat him and also threatened and abused him during the news coverage. Further, we visited The Print, which wrote about this in an article posted on March 31, 2019 with the heading “Rahul Gandhi’s new adviser is a former JNU student who waved black flags at Manmohan Singh”. It added “Sandeep Singh has not been designated the Congress president’s political adviser yet. But he is the one writing his speeches, and is known to have Gandhi’s ears on the issue of alliances too.”. Sandeep Singh, a native of UP, was elected JNU Student Union chief in 2007. He is now working his AISA roots to give Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra an edge(Here is the twitter profile of Sandeep Singh).
@ANINewsUP tweeted “Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Narayanpur on if she has been arrested: Yes, we still won’t be cowed down. We were only going peacefully to meet victim families(of Sonbhadra firing case). I don’t know where are they taking me, we are ready to go anywhere.” on July 19, 2019.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Narayanpur on if she has been arrested: Yes, we still won't be cowed down. We were only going peacefully to meet victim families(of Sonbhadra firing case). I don't know where are they taking me, we are ready to go anywhere.' pic.twitter.com/q1bwkucl0g
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) July 19, 2019
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
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ANALYSIS: Distorted
FACT: BJP IT cell in-charge Amit Malviya shared a screenshot of a tweet by "Sandeep Singh" and claimed that Priyanka Gandhi's personal secretary/acolyte, Sandeep Singh, openly advocated for Varun Gandhi as a more competent candidate from Amethi, (1/3) pic.twitter.com/tfwXp0eEmA
Intent:
The BJP IT cell in charge, Amit Malviya, made a political comment by mistaking journalist Sandeep Singh as Priyanka Gandhi’s personal secretary with the same name. BJP IT cell in-charge Amit Malviya shared a screenshot of a tweet by “Sandeep Singh” and claimed that Priyanka Gandhi’s personal secretary/acolyte, Sandeep Singh, openly advocated for Varun Gandhi as a more competent candidate from Amethi, instead of Rahul Gandhi. The truth is that the Sandeep Singh mentioned in Priyanka Gandhi’s Twitter account is not her personal secretary; rather, it is a different person who was previously spotted with Rahul Gandhi during the Bharat Jodo Yatra. Singh is a social activist and journalist.
Conclusion:
Claim : In-charge of the BJP IT cell Priyanka Gandhi’s personal secretary, Sandeep Singh, publicly supported Varun Gandhi over Rahul Gandhi, citing the Amethi candidate as a more competent candidate. This was revealed in a copy of a tweet that Amit Malviya published.
Fact : The fact is, that particular Sandeep Singh(Social activist and journalist as per Twitter bio) is not Priyanka Gandhi’s personal secretary but a different individual who was seen previously with Rahul Gandhi during the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
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