{"id":118107,"date":"2022-05-12T16:35:26","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T11:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=118107"},"modified":"2022-05-12T16:35:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T11:05:26","slug":"bjp-leaders-shared-a-photo-of-garbage-dump-with-mohalla-clinic-hordings-targetting-aap-false-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/bjp-leaders-shared-a-photo-of-garbage-dump-with-mohalla-clinic-hordings-targetting-aap-false-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact-check: Piles of garbage in front of a mohalla clinic in Delhi?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A photo of an \u2018Aam Aadmi Mohalla Clinic\u2019 hoarding above a pile of garbage is viral on social media. Below it in smaller font is the name of the area, &#8216;Niti Vihar, Kirari, New Delhi&#8217;. BJP MP Nishikant Dubey tweeted the image and wrote, &#8220;This is Mr Kejriwal\u2019s Aam Aadmi Party-ruled Delhi&#8217;s Mohalla Clinic.&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/OxLLf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive link<\/a>) BJP MP Manoj Tiwari quote-tweeted the post and stated that this was the reality on the ground. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/J4oD7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092f\u0947 \u0939\u0940 \u0924\u094b \u0939\u0948 \u091c\u093c\u092e\u0940\u0928\u0940 \u0939\u0915\u093c\u0940\u0915\u093c\u0924\u2026 \u0915\u093f \u0938\u092c \u0915\u0941\u091b \u0935\u093f\u091c\u094d\u091e\u093e\u092a\u0928 \u092a\u0930 \u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948 AAP \u0915\u093e <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E9BG4HFQYx\">https:\/\/t.co\/E9BG4HFQYx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manoj Tiwari \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@ManojTiwariMP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManojTiwariMP\/status\/1521853926932316160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>BJP MP Pravesh Sahib Singh also tweeted the image, claiming that this was one of the thousand Mohalla Clinics set up by Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/PPyKt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-118109 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/word-image-7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/word-image-7.jpeg 601w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/word-image-7-241x300.jpeg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Several BJP <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/z3dV4\">workers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/sB63A\">supporters<\/a>, including Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha treasurer <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/YMm8m\">Sai Prasad<\/a>, shared this picture with the same claim.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-118107 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/bjp-leaders-shared-a-photo-of-garbage-dump-with-mohalla-clinic-hordings-targetting-aap-false-claim\/screenshot-2022-05-07-200353\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"598\" height=\"829\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-07-200353.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-07-200353.jpg 598w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-07-200353-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/bjp-leaders-shared-a-photo-of-garbage-dump-with-mohalla-clinic-hordings-targetting-aap-false-claim\/screenshot-2022-05-07-200509\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"856\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/screenshot-2022-05-07-200509.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Screenshot 2022-05-07 200509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/screenshot-2022-05-07-200509.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/screenshot-2022-05-07-200509-210x300.jpeg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/bjp-leaders-shared-a-photo-of-garbage-dump-with-mohalla-clinic-hordings-targetting-aap-false-claim\/word-image-1440\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"601\" height=\"748\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/word-image-7.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/word-image-7.jpeg 601w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/word-image-7-241x300.jpeg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Alt News noticed that a user named Adil Azmi replied to Singh\u2019s tweet with a video of the location where the viral photo was taken. Adil shared a video that showed the viral hoarding along with the Mohalla Clinic located a short distance away. In other words, this hoarding has been installed a short distance from the Mohalla Clinic. The user wrote that the Mohalla Clinic was located further inside while the board was put up on the main road so that visitors could find it easily. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/wdI6E\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0913 \u091a\u091a\u093e! \u0926\u094b \u0930\u0942\u092a\u093f\u092f\u0947 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0924\u093f \u091f\u094d\u0935\u0940\u091f \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0922\u0902\u0917 \u0938\u0947 \u0938\u0942\u091a\u0928\u093e \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0926\u0947 \u0930\u0939\u0947, \u092f\u0947 \u0935\u093f\u0921\u093f\u092f\u094b \u0906\u092a\u0915\u093e \u091d\u0942\u0920 \u0909\u091c\u093e\u0917\u0930 \u0915\u0930 \u0926\u0947\u0917\u093e- <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EzzbpSvedo\">pic.twitter.com\/EzzbpSvedo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adil Azmi (@Adilogic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Adilogic\/status\/1522797473256787968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We reached out to Azmi for more information. He explained that a friend of his had recorded the video. He also shared an updated video which showed that the hoarding featured in the viral image had been removed.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mohalla clinic hoardings in Niti vihar removed after controversy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/708595212?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Aam Aadmi Party also tweeted a second video from its official Twitter handle along with a picture of a hoarding of Mohalla Clinic in Kirari, clarifying that the viral claim was fake. It also termed the pile of garbage seen in the image as a failure on the BJP\u2019s part since the Delhi Municipal Corporation has been under BJP control for 15 years.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BJP&#8217;s Fake News on Mohalla Clinics EXPOSED once again\u203c\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>BJP MP <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/p_sahibsingh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@p_sahibsingh<\/a> shared a misleading photo of a Mohalla Clinic &amp; ended up exposing MCD&#8217;s failure to clean Delhi \ud83d\ude43 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZkrlY2UqMR\">pic.twitter.com\/ZkrlY2UqMR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AAP (@AamAadmiParty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AamAadmiParty\/status\/1522875949230211072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To sum it up, several BJP MPs, leaders and supporters shared a photo of a hoarding above a pile of garbage in Niti Vihar, Delhi as the real Mohalla clinic. However, in reality, the Mohalla Clinic is located close to it. The board was put up on the main road for the convenience of the people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photo of an \u2018Aam Aadmi Mohalla Clinic\u2019 hoarding above a pile of garbage is viral on social media. Below it in smaller font is the name of the area, &#8216;Niti Vihar, Kirari, New Delhi&#8217;. BJP MP Nishikant Dubey tweeted the image and wrote, &#8220;This is Mr Kejriwal\u2019s Aam Aadmi Party-ruled Delhi&#8217;s Mohalla Clinic.&#8221; (Archive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":118113,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[701],"class_list":["post-118107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-featured","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Untitled-design-15.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118107"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118144,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118107\/revisions\/118144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118107"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=118107"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=118107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}