The statement of Rahul Gandhi on non-violent resistance (Jesus Christ said that if someone slaps you, then show the other cheek) during the discussion on the motion of thanks on the President’s address was in the right context. Gandhi’s non-violent resistance was inspired by the idea of Jesus Christ, which he has also referred to in his autobiography.
New Delhi (Viswas News). A video clip related to the discussion in the Lok Sabha on the motion of thanks on the President’s address in the current session of Parliament is going viral, which is related to Rahul Gandhi. With this viral clip of Rahul Gandhi, it is being claimed that he was not aware of Gandhi’s non-violent resistance and he described it as the idea of Christ during his speech in Parliament.
Vishvas News found it misleading in its investigation. The statement that Rahul Gandhi had mentioned about Jesus Christ was absolutely correct and Mahatma Gandhi himself has mentioned it in his autobiography. Mahatma Gandhi, while referring to Bible study in the chapter of his book Introduction to Religions, says that when I read these thoughts of Jesus (‘….if someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn your left cheek to him too.’) I felt very happy. He has accepted in his autobiography that his thoughts have been deeply influenced by the Gita, Arnold’s Buddha Charit and the teachings of Jesus.
What is viral?
Social media user ‘Ram Singh Singh’ viral Video (Archive Link) while sharing it, he wrote, “The leader of the opposition is definitely Rahul Gandhi, isn’t it?? The Rahul who doesn’t know the difference between the thoughts of Bapu and Jesus Christ is saying that “Jesus Christ had said that if someone slaps you on one cheek, then put the other cheek forward!” Every child in the country knows that these thoughts were of Mahatma Gandhi, don’t know who finalizes Rahul Gandhi’s script. This is too much!”
This video clip has been shared in the same and similar context on various social media platforms.
investigation
The viral clip is of 12 seconds in which Rahul Gandhi can be heard saying, “….Jesus Christ also has the image of Abhaya Mudra… don’t be afraid, don’t scare others… and Jesus Christ said that if someone slaps you, show the other cheek.” The quip is being used to claim that Rahul Gandhi has passed off Mahatma Gandhi’s ideas as Jesus Christ’s ideas.
The viral clip is of the motion of thanks on the President’s address, on which Rahul Gandhi gave his statement. His full speech is available on the official YouTube channel of Sansad TV, which can be seen here.
It is clear from the video that Rahul Gandhi said this. Since he has attributed this statement to Jesus Christ, we checked the documents related to Gandhi available on mkgandhi.org. Mahatma Gandhi’s Autobiography We find its mention in the chapter ‘Introduction to Religions’ in ‘Experiments with Truth’.
Gandhi writes, “I remember that I have read the Bible”, in order to be able to say this, I had read other chapters very painfully without any interest and without understanding. I was fed up reading the chapter called ‘Numbers’. But when I came to the ‘New Testament’, I had a different effect. Jesus’ ‘Giri Sermon’ had a very good effect on me. I kept it in my heart. The intellect compared it with the Gita. “Give the one who asks for a kurta from you a coat as well”, “If someone slaps you on your right cheek, offer him your left cheek as well”, reading this gave me immense joy.
This incident is mentioned verbatim in the English version (The Story of My Experiments with Truth).
Our investigation makes it clear that Rahul Gandhi mentioned Jesus Christ in the Parliament in the correct context. Regarding the viral claim, we contacted Sunil Kumar Chaudhary, Professor of Political Science at Delhi University and Head of the Center of Global Studies. He told that Gandhi was influenced by four major thinkers, among whom Ruskin, Thoreau, Tolstoy and Emerson are prominent. He said, “The basic element of Gandhiji’s thought is the amalgamation of many ideas. The only difference is that he gave concrete form to those ideas according to the then political and social conditions in the Indian context.”
Another professor of Gandhi studies at Delhi University said that Gandhi’s ideas have been taken from many places. Many of his ideas including Satyagraha, non-violent resistance are inspired by other thinkers. The idea of non-violent resistance that he mentioned in Parliament is inspired by Jesus Christ.
Those who shared the viral video clip with a fake claim User More than three hundred people follow him on Facebook. A few days ago, another similar video of Rahul Gandhi went viral, whose fact check report can be read here.
Conclusion: The statement of non-violent resistance (Jesus Christ said that if someone slaps you, then show the other cheek) that Rahul Gandhi made during the discussion on the motion of thanks on the President’s address was in the right context. Gandhi’s non-violent resistance was inspired by the idea of Jesus Christ, which he has also referred to in his autobiography.
- Claim Review : Rahul Gandhi described Mahatma Gandhi’s idea of non-violent resistance as the idea of Jesus Christ.
- Claimed By : FB User-Ram Singh Singh
- Fact Check : misleading
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2024-07-04 04:29:04
