Fact Check: Kejriwal’ chants not raised at PM Modi’s Surat roadshow
3 min readHours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a 27-km lengthy roadshow in Surat metropolis of Gujarat, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders took to social media on Monday (November 28) to hawk disinformation.
They falsely claimed that chants hailing AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal have been raised by individuals, who actually had gathered to look at Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Pankaj Singh wrote, “This is the second video where chants of ‘Kejriwal’ were heard during PM Modi’s roadshow. Gujarat is ready for change.”
The archived model of the tweet will be accessed right here. Pankaj is the President of the Madhya Pradesh unit of the Aam Aadmi Party.
गुजरात में मोदी जी के रोड-शो में केजरीवाल जी के नारे लगने वाला दूसरा वीडियो भी सामने आया है।
बदलाव के लिए गुजरात तैयार है।
इंकलाब जिंदाबाद।।
pic.twitter.com/rLUK30Ns2V
— Pankaj Singh (@PankajSinghAAP) November 28, 2022
Similar claims have been made by the two-time Delhi AAP MLA, Gulab Singh Yadav. “Chants of Kejriwal raised in the Surat road show of the saheb (referring to PM Modi). Wow, what a spectacle.” The archived model of the tweet will be accessed right here.
केजरीवाल केजरवाल केजरीवाल सूरत में साहेब के रोड़ शो मे लगे केजरीवाल के नारे – वाह क्या नजारा हैं। pic.twitter.com/3XQzXsoQQj
— Gulab Singh yadav (@GulabMatiala) November 29, 2022
AAP’s pupil wing chief, Vashraj Dubey, wrote, “Roadshow was organised for Modi but chants were being raised of Arvind Kejriwal. Zindabad Gujarat, Jai Ho!” The archived model of the tweet will be accessed right here.
लो भाई गुजरात के सूरत का दूसरा वीडियो भी आ गया…….रोड शो मोदी का, नारे केजरीवाल जी के।।
जिंदाबाद गुजरात…… जय हो👍 pic.twitter.com/rIL6VMPVN7
— VANSHRAJ DUBEY (@VanshrajDubey) November 27, 2022
The fact concerning the claims by AAP chief
The mentioned video was first uploaded on Twitter by the favored consumer, Nandita Thakur on Sunday (November 27). In the video, it might be clearly heard that the individuals who gathered to look at PM Modi have been chanting his title in unison and never that of Arvind Kejriwal.
PM Modi’s highway present in Surat … Modi .. Modi .. Modi … pic.twitter.com/XXd1Fgu0Ek
— नंदिता ठाकुर 🇮🇳 (@nanditathhakur) November 27, 2022
An analogous video posted by veteran journalist, Kanchan Gupta, on the identical day additionally contained no chants hailing Arvind Kejriwal, as claimed by AAP leaders.
Prime Minister @narendramodi in Surat.
Migratory election birds simply don’t get the join Modi Ji has with the plenty, extra so in #Gujarat pic.twitter.com/396F0iFQsA
— Kanchan Gupta 🇮🇳 (@KanchanGupta) November 27, 2022
An extended model of the video, posted on the Youtube channel of PM Modi, additionally makes it evident that chants of ‘Kejriwal, Kejriwal’ have been superficially to say mass assist for the AAP supremo earlier than the 2022 Gujarat Assembly polls.
The disinformation peddled by the Aam Aadmi Party leaders was additionally debunked by the likes of Boom and SM Hoax Slayer.
AAP IT cell spreads pretend video to mock BJP
Earlier on November 12 this 12 months, one Praatik Innamdar of Aam Aadmi Party’s IT cell in Gujarat tweeted an previous video from West Bengal. He falsely claimed that the disturbing video was from Gujarat and that BJP employees have been being thrashed by an offended mob.
He added the “Morbi Bridge Collapse” hashtag to his tweet to insinuate that the assailants have been miffed with BJP employees due to the Morbi tragedy, which claimed over 100 lives.
The video shared by AAP’s IT cell in Gujarat. Image Source: Twitter Handle of Praatik Innamdar
However, the video turned out to be from West Bengal and never remotely related to the Morbi tragedy. Opindia discovered that the video was initially shared by BJP chief Suvendu Adhikari on August 6 this 12 months.
In his tweet, Adhikari has written, “Yesterday Asit Mazumdar; TMC MLA from Chinsurah; Hooghly, thrashed a BJP Karyakarta for campaigning democratically. Those who questioned the NHRC, India’s post-poll violence report, citing ‘Law of the ruler, not Rule of law’ in WB haven’t seen Mamata Banerjee’s GOONDA Raaj.”
Yesterday Asit Mazumdar; TMC MLA from Chinsurah; Hooghly, thrashed a BJP Karyakarta for campaigning democratically.
Those who questioned @India_NHRC‘s post poll violence report, citing ‘Law of ruler, not Rule of law’ in WB haven’t seen @MamataOfficial‘s GOONDA Raaj.@narendramodi pic.twitter.com/MI0iElQWdO
— Suvendu Adhikari • শুভেন্দু অধিকারী (@SuvenduWB) August 6, 2022
Praatik Innamdar, who shared this video claiming that it’s from Gujarat, is a member of the Gujarat IT cell of Arvind Kejriwal. He has additionally shared his images with the social gathering chief Arvind Kejriwal from his Twitter deal with up to now.
