Right after the dates for the 2025 Delhi assembly election were announced, a couple of pictures have gone viral on social media, both featuring hoardings saying "Kejriwal Ayenge" at the gate of the Tihar Central jail in Delhi. Social media users took a dig at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener and former chief minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal while sharing the pictures.
Arvind Kejriwal was on March 21, 2024 detained in the Delhi liquor scam and sent to Tihar jail on April 1, 2024. He was granted bail on September 13, 2024. The picture is being shared on social media in this context.
BJP supporter Jitendra Pratap Singh (@jpsin1) shared the picture on X. The tweet said that a banner was seen in front of the gate of Tihar Jail reading "Kejriwal will come again".
Readers should note that Alt News has debunked misinformation shared by Jitendra Pratap Singh on numerous occasions.
Another X user, Exclusive Minds (@Exclusive_Minds), which claims to be a 'citizens' collective fighting against misinformation and misleading content on social media', shared a similar post.
This user shared the photo on its Instagram handle as well.
An X user named Mukul Dekhane (@dekhane_mukul), too, shared the photo.
Several other social media users have shared the image and made similar claims.
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Fact Check
Photo 1
A reverse search image led us to several pictures of the Tihar Jail gate from the same perspective in various news reports (1, 2, 3). There is no Kejriwal banner present in any of the photos.
We found a news report by India News, where the credit for the original picture is given to news agency Press Trust of India (PTI).
Photo 2
A reverse search image on the picture led us to the original picture in the stock photos of Getty Images, where the India Today Group has been given credit for the photo. Just like the above photo, there is no Kejriwal banner in this one as well.
While comparing the original picture with the viral photo, we noticed that the banner and the pole along with the blue clear sky with clouds are not present in the original picture. They have been added to the original photo. The person on the scooter and the policeman outside the gate of the original picture have been digitally removed from the picture. So has been the Getty Images watermark.
A closer look into the two pictures shows that the other minute details in the picture remain the same, for example, a man riding a motor bike inside the premises can be located through the bars of the gate. Even the pedestrians inside the gate are the same.
Additionally, it is worth noting that the AAP launched the campaign "Kejriwal Aayenge" in August 2024. Hoardings with Kejriwal's photo and the slogan were put up across Delhi. Below is an Instagram post from the party's official handle from August 22, 2024.
To sum up, the viral photos of 'Kejriwal Aayenge' hoardingsat the gate of Tihar Central Jail gate are doctored.
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