Old Video of Massive Crowd Shared as Visuals of PM Modi’s Recent Rally in Jalore

A video showing a massive crowd is being circulated on the internet to claim that it shows visuals before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally in Jalore, Rajasthan.

What have users said?: Those sharing the clip have said, "Today there is rally of modi ji in Rajasthan's Jalore at 2 PM and Banswara at 4 PM. This is visual before rally. These visuals may give shivers to Congress. 10 lac people may attend this rally. Ashok Gehlot's son is Congress candidate from Jalore (sic)."

The same claim has been shared by multiple users on Facebook and X. Archives of such posts can be viewed here, here, and here.

What is the truth?: The video could be traced back to at least April 2019 and is unrelated to PM Modi's recent rally in Rajasthan's Jalore.

• Taking this forward, we searched on Google using the words "jalore Rajasthan congress rally" and filtered the posts only for 2019.

• This directed us to a similar video uploaded on the official Instagram handle of Congress party, where a massive crowd was seen gathered.

• It was shared on 27 April 2019 with a caption that said, "It was a sight to behold as lakhs of people came to see and listen to Congress President @rahulgandhi at the mega rally at Jalore, Rajasthan."

Older version of the viral video: Taking this as hints, we performed a related keyword search on Facebook in Hindi and found an older version of the viral clip.

• It was published on 25 April 2019.

• The post's caption when translated to English said, "This video is not from anywhere else but from Rajasthan, there is a huge crowd in the public meeting of Lok Sabha Congress candidate of Rahul Gandhi , Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot in Ramseen of Jalore district."

जालौर और सिरोही का क्षेत्र अद्भुत संभावनाओं से भरा है। यहां नौजवानों के लिए पर्यटन सेक्टर में रोजगार और स्वरोजगार की अनेक संभावनाएं हैं। pic.twitter.com/W7DFHMFOEW

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