New Delhi: Days before Gujarat goes to polls, a 25-second clip of Prime Minister Narendra Modi waving to his supporters from on a moving vehicle in Surat is being widely circulated on social media.
Throngs of people had lined up along both sides of a road as Modi greeted them while standing on a Land Rover. However, the slogans of support being heard in the video are not that for him but Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal.
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 video was first shared by Vanshraj Dubey, chief of AAP’s Uttar Pradesh student wing, on Monday.
The caption read: “For the first time in Gujarat’s history, in Modi’s roadshow, slogans of Arvind Kejriwal are being said. Change is here.”
By the time of filing the story, the post had garnered 64 thousand views, over 1,500 retweets, and 4,700 likes.
Other members of the party, including AAP’s Madhya Pradesh unit chief Pankaj Singh, had also shared the clip. “Yet another video has come forward. Gujarat is ready for change. Long live the revolution,” said Singh.
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
Two-time AAP MLA Gulab Singh Yadav shared the sentiment. “Wow, what a sight,” he said.
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
Fact-check:
While the visuals have not been tampered with, the audio with cries of “Kejriwal, Kejriwal” has been digitally overlaid.
No slogans had been raised in the original video, which was shared by Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Commerce, Consumer Affairs, Textile, Food and Public Distribution, last Sunday.
Television news channel Aaj Tak also took to their Youtube channel to share the original video.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been campaigning extensively in his home state. He is expected to address a total of seven more rallies in the next two days.
AAP is being pitted as a massive challenge to BJP, the party that has held power in the state for the last 27 years. At a roadshow in Junagadh, Kejriwal said the voters gave the BJP 27 years to rule. “Please give me five years. If no work is done, I will not come to ask for votes next time,” the Delhi Chief Minister had said.
(In collaboration with SM Hoaxslayer)