5-year-old video shared as Paresh Rawal's apology for his recent comments on Bengalis - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
December 6, 2022
In the context of BJP politician Paresh Rawal’s remarks on Bengalis at Gujarat election campaign recently, a video of Paresh Rawal apologising for his comments after getting surrounded by angry mob is being shared on social media. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of Paresh Rawal apologising over his comments on Bengalis.
Fact: A full version of the viral video is uploaded on YouTube on 30 November 2017. In the video, Paresh Rawal can be seen apologising for his comments on Rajputs back in November 2017. But his remarks on Bengalis were made on 29 November 2022 and he later tweeted an apology on 02 December 2022. Hence the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
We ran a reverse image search using the keyframes extracted from the viral video and found that the full version of the same video has already been uploaded on YouTube on 30 November 2017.
In the full video he can be seen saying ‘apologising unconditionally’ for his comments on Rajputs in November 2017. However, after facing backlash for his recent remarks on Bengalis on 29 November 2022, Paresh Rawal tweeted an apology on 02 December 2022.
of course the fish is not the issue AS GUJARATIS DO COOK AND EAT FISH . BUT LET ME CLARIFY BY BENGALI I MEANT  ILLEGAL BANGLA DESHI N ROHINGYA. BUT STILL IF I HAVE HURT YOUR FEELINGS AND SENTIMENTS I DO APOLOGISE. 🙏 https://t.co/MQZ674wTzq
To sum it up, though Paresh Rawal apologised for his remarks on Bengalis, this video is not related to those comments and is five years old.