Old video of Amarinder Singh’s meeting with Mukesh Ambani falsely linked to ongoing farmer’s protest - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
December 11, 2020
A post accompanying a video of Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh’s meeting with Mukesh Ambani is being widely shared across social media platforms with a claim that Captain met Mukesh Ambani to discuss the concerns of the agitating farmers over new farm bills. Through this article let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh met Mukesh Ambani to discuss the concerns of the agitating farmers.
Fact: The video is from 2017 when Punjab CM Amarinder Singh met Mukesh Ambani in Mumbai to discuss various investment and industrial development opportunities in Punjab. This video has nothing to do with the recent farmer’s protests. Also, there are no recent news reports mentioning that Punjab CM met Mukesh Ambani to discuss the concerns of the agitating farmers.  Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
YouTube search with the keywords ‘Captain Amarinder Singh met Mukesh Ambani’ led us to a 2017 news video which carried visuals similar to the video in the post. According to the report, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh met industrialist Mukesh Ambani in Mumbai and discussed various investment and industrial development opportunities in Punjab.
Taking a cue from the news video, Google search with relevant keywords led us to a 2017 news article which reported the meeting between the Captain and Mukesh Ambani. According to this news article, Punjab CM met Mukesh Ambani one-to-one followed by delegation-level talks during which Reliance made a detailed presentation on business. It is noteworthy to mention that in their meeting, business opportunities in the farm sector were also discussed.
Further, Amarinder Singh shared few images of their meeting on social media which can be seen here and here. Also, we could not find any recent news articles about Punjab CM’s meeting with Mukesh Ambani to discuss the agitating farmers’ concerns.
In the wake of the farmers’ protest led by Punjab farmers over the new farm bills, posts like these are being widely circulated on social media with misleading claims.
To sum it up, a 2017 video of Amarinder Singh’s meeting with Mukesh Ambani is falsely shared as a recent meeting to discuss farmers concerns.