A video is being shared on social media claiming it as visuals of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal acknowledging that he has a share in the corruption that is happening in the AAP ruled states. This purported video of Aravind Kejriwal’s exclusive interview with the ‘India TV’ news channel shows Kejriwal openly admitting that he will make money from corruption. In the video, he is also seen acknowledging that Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and other AAP legislators also take their share of corrupt money collected from local government offices in the AAP-ruled states. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of Arvind Kejriwal admitting that he has a share in corruption & bribes, along with Bhagwant Mann and other AAP legislators.
Fact: The video shared in the post is a doctored one. Speaking about the corruption in the AAP ruled states with ‘India TV’, Arvind Kejriwal said that he along with Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and other legislators in the party do take any money or share from corruption. He emphasised this as a major reason why corruption has decreased in the AAP ruled states. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When we searched for this video using relevant keywords, we found the full video of this Arvind Kejriwal’s exclusive interview with ‘India TV’ journalist Saurav Sharma on YouTube. One can see a similar conversation from 6:50 minutes of this video. While speaking about the corruption in the AAP ruled states, Kejriwal said (the English translation of his Hindi words), “Earlier, a system was created in which all the collected money used to finally reach the Chief Minister. The then system was created in a way that if somebody has to facilitate this money from lower offices, they will be allowed to make money. So, these people used to collect money from local police stations, Tahsildar, and other lower government bodies and send it to the top officials. But now, Bhagwant Mann will not take money, I will not take money, Ministers and MLAs from my party also do not take any money. Recently, a local Tahsildar meeting was held in Punjab. They decided collectively not to collect money anymore from lower rung people and send it to the top officials in the government. So, the corruption has decreased”.
‘India TV’ had published an article reporting the summary of their recent exclusive conversation with Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal. The video shared in the post was created by cropping and editing out a part & muting few words from the full ‘India TV’ interview video.
To sum it up, an edited video is shared as Arvind Kejriwal admitting to his share in corruption & bribes, along with Bhagwant Mann and other AAP leaders.
