A screenshot of a tweet claiming five crore people participated in a rally in Nainital to protest against the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. People claim that similar rallies took place all over the country.
A Facebook user posted the viral picture with the following caption:
Around five crore people in Nainital today participated in a rally to support Arvind Kejriwal. This is just from one district. Similar rallies were reported from all over India today.
Scary visuals for BJP supporters!
You can check the post here.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the viral post, and found it to be false.
Running the viral images through Reverse Image Search, our team found two image results:
Image 1:
A news article, dated December 21, 2022, on National Public Radio — an American non-profit media organisation. The image matches with the first picture of the viral post, informing that it is the visuals from the homecoming parade for the Argentinian football team that won the FIFA World Cup 2022. The event took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Image 2:
Another article in The Mirror, dated December 18, 2022, also informs about the celebrations by the fans of the Argentinian football team when they won the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Here too, the picture matches with the second viral image.
Therefore, we can conclusively say that the viral post, claiming five crore people participated in a rally in Nainital to protest against the arrest of Delhi’ CM Arvind Kejriwal, is false.
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