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The person seen with Rahul Gandhi in this photograph is Congress leader Amit Vilasrao Deshmukh, not Shivraj Motegaonkar

Fact-checked by FindFake · 1 August 2026

The person seen with Rahul Gandhi in this photograph is Congress leader Amit Vilasrao Deshmukh, not Shivraj Motegaonkar

In May 2026, the CBI arrested Shivraj Motegaonkar, owner of Renuka Chemistry Classes in Latur, Maharashtra, in connection with the NEET question paper leak case. Following this, a photo is being shared on social media (here, here, here) with the claim that “the person standing to the right of Rahul Gandhi is Shivraj Motegaonkar, the [...]

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