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Two-months-old video of DTC personnel complaining about social distancing shared by BJP and Ajay Maken

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Written by Vamc Vadranam

New Delhi : Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on 18 May 2020 announced that public transport will be resumed with social distancing norms. He also said, “In a bus, only 20 passengers will be allowed to travel. The Transport Department will have the responsibility to maintain social distancing during travel and at bus stops”. 

After the announcement by Kejriwal, a viral video of  a Delhi Civil Defense personnel in a crowded bus complaining about the transport department’s inability to maintain social distancing in the bus and asks who will be held accountable if they get infected.  Many social media users have started sharing the video across Twitter, WhatsApp, and Facebook.

BJP Delhi’s official Twitter handle @BJP4Delhi  on May 19, 2020 tweeted this video with a caption,“केजरीवाल जी, आपने तो कहा था कि आप सुनिश्चित करेंगे कि बस में 20 से ज़्यादा लोग एक समय में यात्रा ना करें क्यों लोगों को मरवाना चाहते हो मुख्यमंत्री जी, जवाब दो! ये कैसा मुख्यमंत्री है जिसे जनता की जान की कोई फ़िक्र ही नहीं है! (Translated to- Kejriwal ji, you said that you will make sure no bus will carry more than 20 passengers at a time, referring to the video- do you want to get these people killed? What kind of Chief Minister doesn’t  think  about his peoples’ lives)”.

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Congress party leader Ajay Maken also tweeted the same video. Archived Link

FactO Check:

When we started to find the source of the video, we found a tweet from Aam Aadmi Party with a screenshot of a WhatsApp group chat. We can see that the video was shared in a WhatsApp group on 27th March 2020. Image

Aam Aadmi Party tweet:

According to AAP’s  tweet, the video was shared in a WhatsApp group called DTC Karamchari Ekta Union on March 27, 2020.

On 20 May, 2020 Alt News  has debunked this fake claim and published an article. In their article, a video recording of the WhatsApp group conversation was shared to confirm that the video was posted on March 27, 2020.

Courtesy Alt News:

Conclusion:  This is a 2-month-old video. A bus carrying migrant workers to Anand Vihar ISBT on March 27, 2020 is being shared as it happened after Kejriwal’s announcement on May 18. The claim is misleading and fake.

Verdict: FALSE

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