{"id":71990,"date":"2020-07-28T18:22:36","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T12:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=71990"},"modified":"2020-07-28T19:48:03","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T14:18:03","slug":"old-image-from-punjab-where-a-family-having-tea-on-waterlogged-road-shared-as-delhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-image-from-punjab-where-a-family-having-tea-on-waterlogged-road-shared-as-delhi\/","title":{"rendered":"Old image of water-logged lane in Punjab shared as Delhi to target CM Kejriwal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>General Secretary of BJP Delhi Ravinder Gupta shared a photograph of a family sipping tea in a water-logged lane. Gupta attacked Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi by claiming that the picture is from Kirari assembly constituency which Kejriwal has converted into &#8220;London&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940<\/a> \u0915\u0947 \u092e\u0941\u0916\u094d\u092f\u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArvindKejriwal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ArvindKejriwal<\/a> \u091c\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u0926\u093f\u0932 \u0938\u0947 \u0927\u0928\u094d\u092f\u0935\u093e\u0926 \u091c\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0939\u094b\u0902\u0928\u0947 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%80?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0915\u093f\u0930\u093e\u0921\u093c\u0940<\/a> \u0935\u093f\u0927\u093e\u0928\u0938\u092d\u093e \u0915\u094b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%A8?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0932\u0902\u0926\u0928<\/a> \u092c\u0928\u093e \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0964<br \/>\n\u092f\u0939 \u0926\u0947\u0916\u093f\u090f \u0915\u093f\u0938 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0930 \u090f\u0915 \u092a\u0942\u0930\u093e \u092a\u0930\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0930 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%A8?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0932\u0902\u0926\u0928<\/a> \u0915\u0940 \u0917\u0932\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092c\u0948\u0920\u0915\u0930 &#8221; \u0917\u0930\u092e\u093e \u0917\u0930\u092e \u091a\u093e\u092f&#8221; \u0914\u0930 \u092c\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0915\u0941\u091f \u0915\u093e \u0906\u0928\u0902\u0926 \u0932\u0947 \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u0948\ud83e\udd23<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0915\u0947\u091c\u0930\u0940\u0935\u093e\u0932<\/a> \u091c\u0940 \u0907\u0938\u0938\u0947 \u0905\u091a\u094d\u091b\u0947 \u0926\u093f\u0928 \u092e\u0924 \u0926\u093f\u0916\u093e\u0928\u093e\ud83d\ude4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vz9ZdMbvQe\">pic.twitter.com\/vz9ZdMbvQe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ravinder Gupta (@guptaravinder71) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guptaravinder71\/status\/1287259352571629570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>National Spokesperson of Akali Dal Manjinder Sirsa quote-tweeted Gupta and took a jibe at Kejriwal \u2014 &#8220;Don&#8217;t know about London but he surely converted Delhi into Venice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0932\u0902\u0926\u0928 \u0924\u094b \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u092a\u0930 \u0926\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u0935\u0947\u0928\u093f\u0938 \u091c\u093c\u0930\u0942\u0930 \u092c\u0928\u093e \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0948 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArvindKejriwal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ArvindKejriwal<\/a> \u091c\u0940 \u0928\u0947 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g6G466CThL\">https:\/\/t.co\/g6G466CThL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manjinder Singh Sirsa (@mssirsa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mssirsa\/status\/1287423762346909697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8216;The picture is also doing the rounds on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aryan.dash1987\/posts\/2811316432307058\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> as Surat, Gujarat.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-71992 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/9-Smart-City-Surat-Gujarat-See-Gujarat-Model-\u2013-Facebook-Search-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1238\" height=\"742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/9-Smart-City-Surat-Gujarat-See-Gujarat-Model-\u2013-Facebook-Search-1.jpg 1238w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/9-Smart-City-Surat-Gujarat-See-Gujarat-Model-\u2013-Facebook-Search-1-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/9-Smart-City-Surat-Gujarat-See-Gujarat-Model-\u2013-Facebook-Search-1-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/9-Smart-City-Surat-Gujarat-See-Gujarat-Model-\u2013-Facebook-Search-1-768x460.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/9-Smart-City-Surat-Gujarat-See-Gujarat-Model-\u2013-Facebook-Search-1-990x593.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1238px) 100vw, 1238px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Old image from Punjab<\/h4>\n<p>A reverse image search led to a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/saliltripathi\/status\/1287475445852708872\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet<\/a> by journalist Salil Tripathi on July 27. Tripathi said that this picture is not from Surat but Punjab. He retweeted a tweet by AAP MLA Gurmeet Singh from Barnala district of Punjab.<\/p>\n<p>On July 18, 2016, Gurmeet Singh had tweeted this picture claiming that a family in Mansa district of Punjab protested against &#8220;shoddy sewage work&#8221; by the Akali Dal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Family in Mansa dist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Punjab?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Punjab<\/a> protesting against shoddy sewage wrk by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/akalis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#akalis<\/a> .Ppl r waiting fr 2017 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArvindKejriwal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ArvindKejriwal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VUZFNjxuzR\">pic.twitter.com\/VUZFNjxuzR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer (@meet_hayer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/meet_hayer\/status\/755046605615759360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A user shared a news clipping of Punjab Kesari while replying to Singh. The report describes the picture as, &#8220;After rain in Mansa, people sitting on a street filled with water, enjoying the rain with a cup of tea.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-71990 gallery-columns-2 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\/old-image-from-punjab-where-a-family-having-tea-on-waterlogged-road-shared-as-delhi\/cn4zxclxyaatgbj\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"339\" height=\"492\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Cn4ZXCLXYAAtGbJ.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Cn4ZXCLXYAAtGbJ.jpg 339w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Cn4ZXCLXYAAtGbJ-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 339px) 100vw, 339px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-image-from-punjab-where-a-family-having-tea-on-waterlogged-road-shared-as-delhi\/cn4zv8kw8aericf\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Cn4ZV8KW8AEricF.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Cn4ZV8KW8AEricF.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Cn4ZV8KW8AEricF-300x135.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The photo is circulating as Delhi since 2016. On July 20, 2016, a Twitter user had shared the Punjab Kesari clipping when Chairman of RPG Group Harsh Goenka promoted the false claim.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Pic 1 : <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hvgoenka?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@hvgoenka<\/a> Spreading Lies and Propaganda against Delhi Govt<br \/>\nPic 2 : Truth of Pic 1; From Mansa, Punjab<\/p>\n<p>RT <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2EedHQJcfl\">pic.twitter.com\/2EedHQJcfl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DaaruBaaz Mehta (@DaaruBaazMehta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DaaruBaazMehta\/status\/755645361960718340?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A picture from 2016 shot in Punjab is therefore shared as Delhi to target the AAP government for &#8220;poor&#8221; drainage system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Secretary of BJP Delhi Ravinder Gupta shared a photograph of a family sipping tea in a water-logged lane. 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