Arvind Kejriwal did not announce his resignation as Delhi CM in support of the wrestlers' protest - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
June 1, 2023
A post is being shared on social media claiming that Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal is going to announce his resignation as Delhi CM in support of the wrestlers’ protest. The post further claims that Arvind Kejriwal said he will leave the country if the government fails to provide justice to the protesting wrestlers. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal announced his resignation as Delhi CM in support of the protesting wrestlers in Delhi.
Fact: Arvind Kejriwal did not make any such statement announcing his resignation as Delhi CM in support of the wrestlers’ protest. The statement was tweeted by a parody Twitter handle of the Aam Aadmi Party Rajasthan. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
When we searched to check whether Arvind Kejriwal had made any such statement announcing his resignation in support of the wrestlers’ protest, we could not find any news report confirming this information on the internet.
Arvind Kejriwal made many tweets and visited Jantar Mantar extending his support to the wrestlers’ protest and highlighting the government turning a blind eye in providing justice to the protesting wrestlers. A few of those tweets can be seen here and here. But Arvind Kejriwal did not publish any tweets o made posts on any of his social media handles announcing his resignation as Delhi CM in support of the wrestlers’ protest.
पूरी दुनिया में देश का नाम रोशन करने वाली ये सभी महिला खिलाड़ी हमारी बेटियाँ हैं, इन्हें इंसाफ़ मिलना ही चाहिए। आरोपी चाहे जितना भी शक्तिशाली हो, उसे सख़्त से सख़्त सज़ा मिलनी चाहिए। https://t.co/GeTVVl38Mz
When we searched for further sources, we found a similar statement as mentioned in the post in a tweet made by a parody Twitter handle of the Aam Aadmi Party Rajasthan. In the bio section of the Twitter handle, it is clearly mentioned as a parody account of AAP Rajasthan.
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पहलवानों के समर्थन में केजरीवाल देंगे दिल्ली के CM पद से इस्तीफा। फिर भी अगर सरकार नहीं मानी तो देश छोड़ कर भी जा सकते है।#BREAKING #AAP pic.twitter.com/5olxi4nxKa
To sum it up, referring to a statement published by a parody Twitter account of AAP, the post falsely claims that Arvind Kejriwal announced his resignation as Delhi CM in support of the wrestlers’ protest.