As heavy rainfall lashed the Delhi-NCR region, a picture of a family sitting in a flooded street went viral on social media. It is being claimed that the picture is from Delhi and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is not taking measures for the people affected due to heavy rainfall.
The Facebook caption read. “#दिल्ली के मुख्यमंत्री #अरविंद_केजरीवाल जी का दिल से धन्यवाद जिन्होंने #किराड़ी विधानसभा को #लंदन बना दिया।
यह देखिए किस प्रकार एक पूरा परिवार #लंदन की गली में बैठकर ” गरमा गरम चाय” और बिस्कुट का आनंद ले रहे है🤣🤣🤣🤣#केजरीवाल जी इससे अच्छे दिन मत दिखाना🙏🙏🙏”
(English Translation, “#Thanks to the chief minister of the Delhi #aarav _ Kejriwal Ji who made the # an assembly #l.
See how a whole family is sitting in the street of #l and enjoying “Hot Tea” and biscuits #kejriwal don’t show good days from this” )
We also found this picture on Twitter with the same claim.
लंदन-वासी थेम्स नदी के किनारे
चाय की चुस्की लेते हुये…..
हाय ऐसे मनमोहक दृश्य देखने
को कहाँ मिलते है,
👀नजर ना लग जाए किसी की◼️◼️◼️#IndiaNeedsDelhiModel
😒😛😅 pic.twitter.com/tTjHPsWCm5— ज्योति🔯झा (@Jyotijha42) July 26, 2020
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above post and found it to be misleading.
On putting the picture through Google Reverse Image search, we found this picture on a tweet posted by a verified account by the name, Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer. Along with the picture, he had claimed that the family in the picture is from Mansa District, Punjab and they were protesting against the sewage problem in their area. It is dated July 18, 2016.
Family in Mansa dist #Punjab protesting against shoddy sewage wrk by #akalis .Ppl r waiting fr 2017 @ArvindKejriwal pic.twitter.com/VUZFNjxuzR
— Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer (@meet_hayer) July 18, 2016
In the comment section of the same post, we found a newspaper clipping from ‘Punjab Kesri’, with the same claims.
@hallagullaboy @meet_hayer pic.twitter.com/G5n5HzLATH
— Justice for #PMCDEPOSITORS (@BeHuman00x) July 21, 2016
In conclusion, the above information proves that the picture in question is NOT from Delhi. It is actually from Mansa District in Punjab.
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