An image of a banner is going viral on social media that has Arvind Kejriwal’s photo with a slogan in Hindi. The slogan on the poster announced the installation of new water pots (Lota) for washing in the public toilet of Tughlakabad.
The Hindi slogan reads, “तुगलकाबाद के सुलभ शौचालय में धोने के लिए पानी के नये लोटे रखे गए।”
(Translation: New pots of water were installed for washing in the Sulabh toilet of Tughlakabad.)
The link to the post can be seen here.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile did a fact-check and found the claim to be fake.
On doing a Reverse Image Search, we found that a similar image was tweeted by Prateek Som, Supreme Court advocate and National spokesperson – Jannayak Janata Party on November 8, 2020.
In this image, the slogan read as, “बधाई! जखीरा गोलचक्कर से मुण्डका रोहतक रोड का मरम्मत कार्य शुरू दिल्ली सरकार.” (Translation: Congrats! road construction between Goalchakkar and Mundka Rohtak has started…Delhi government).
The image was shared with the caption, “Banners of @ArvindKejriwal at every 15-20 meters. Congratulations for what? For repair work of road. Is he a CM or what? Only advertisement no work.”
Banners of @ArvindKejriwal at every 15-20 meters.
Congratulations for what? For repair work of road.
Is he a CM or what?
Only advertisement no work pic.twitter.com/GcgkBKdGrL
— Prateek som (@Prateeksom2) November 8, 2020
We compared the viral image with the one uploaded by Prateek Som and found out that except for the slogan both photos were the same.
We also found media reports of road construction between Delhi and Rohtak, that took place after 9 years. The Times of India reported on November 7, 2020, that Arvind Kejriwal laid the foundation for road redevelopment between Rohtak and Delhi.
Hence, we can evidently conclude that an old image has been morphed and is being shared online with a false claim.
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