New Delhi: An image of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi sitting down for a meal while wearing an N-95 mask went viral on social media Wednesday, accompanied by false claims that he had eaten with the mask on.

Arun Yadav, the Haryana Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) IT head, was one of those who shared the image, with the caption “first person to eat with a mask on”.

His post was liked by over 9,000 people, and more than 1,900 retweeted the image.

Rahul Valmiki, who, according to his verified Twitter profile, works with the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh, also shared the image on his Facebook page with the caption, “The first man to eat food wearing a mask,” attracting more than 500 likes and over 150 shares.

Many others trolled Rahul Gandhi over this, with one commenting, “Even imitation requires intelligence,” on his post.

While one Twitter user wrote, “The first person to eat with a mask on. Pappu can’t even act properly, and he wants to fight against Yogi (Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath) and Modi ji”, another said, “The first person in the world to eat with mask on, and then they ask why he’s called ‘Pappu’”

मासक लगा कर खाना खाने वाला पहला आदमी!

नाटक भी ढंग से नहीं होता इस पपपू से
और चला है योगीबाबा और मोदिजी को टककर देने।। pic.twitter.com/DeW6wNVYAI

मासक लगा कर खाना खाने वाला दुनियां का पहला आदमी है फिर कहते पपपू कयों कहते हो ! pic.twitter.com/szDP79QCPm

— Somnath Raj Purohit (@SomnathPurohit) January 25, 2022

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