In the context of recently concluded Dusshera celebration at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan, an image of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal holding a bow and the arrow in reverse direction to shoot the effigy of Ravan is being widely shared on social media claiming that he doesn’t even know how to hold a bow and shoot an arrow. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Photo of Arvind Kejriwal holding a bow and arrow in reverse direction.
Fact: The original images and videos shared on Kejriwal’s official Twitter account on 05 October 2022 shows him holding the bow and arrow in the correct way. Also, the images shared by other social media users taken from different angle shows him holding bow and arrow in a proper way. The viral image is a morphed one. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
We did a reverse image search and found the original image featured in news reports by Indian Express and Business Standard. In these photos, Arvind Kejriwal can be seen holding the bow and arrow correctly.
This image was originally shared by Kejriwal’s official Twitter handle on 05 October 2022, along with other images of him participating in ‘Ravan Dahan’ at Ramlila Maidan. Arvind Kejriwal also posted a video of this event, in which he can be seen holding the bow and arrow correctly and releasing the arrow in the right direction at 1:48 minutes. Other social media users posted the image of Kejriwal holding the bow and arrow correctly. They can be seen here and here.
To sum it up, the image of Kejriwal holding the bow and arrow in reverse direction is a morphed one.
