{"id":88096,"date":"2021-03-12T20:56:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T15:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=88096"},"modified":"2022-02-23T19:34:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T14:04:04","slug":"delhi-cm-arvind-kejriwal-tax-payers-thanks-morphed-bill-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/delhi-cm-arvind-kejriwal-tax-payers-thanks-morphed-bill-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Morphed billboard saying ‘thank taxpayer, not Kejriwal’ shared online"},"content":{"rendered":"

A picture of a billboard that reads, “Nothing in this country is free. If you are getting something without paying for it, thank a taxpayer. Not to Kejriwal\u201d was shared by BJP MP Paresh Rawal amid the ongoing assembly elections. His tweet drew over 16,000 likes.<\/p>\n

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pic.twitter.com\/aSGZEhknqf<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Paresh Rawal (@SirPareshRawal) February 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The image is massively widespread on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Last year, the same image was tweeted by BJP member Surendra Poonia.<\/p>\n

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Absolutely True !
\nSalute to Every Taxpayer \ud83d\ude4f\u2764\ufe0f
\nJai Hind \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 pic.twitter.com\/Nu0bkWGAAp<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Major Surendra Poonia (@MajorPoonia) July 29, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Twitter user @ExSecular had also shared the image.<\/p>\n

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If you are getting anything for free thank a taxpayer not kejriwal pic.twitter.com\/ug8WUwB9I6<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 exsecular (@ExSecular) July 24, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The image was also circulating in March 2021<\/a>. It is noteworthy that the Delhi CM has provided certain services to the public free of charge<\/a>, including free bus travel for women, free water supply up to 20,000 litres and free treatment at the Mohalla Clinics.<\/p>\n

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Several users shared the image back in 2020<\/a> as well, including Times Now Navbharat journalist Shweta Bhattacharya.<\/p>\n

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Such a Brilliant Hoarding! Respect a Tax Payer. pic.twitter.com\/FjJh9vgEtj<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Shweta Bhattacharya (@spbhattacharya) November 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The year before, it was tweeted by BJP supporter Renuka Jain.<\/p>\n

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Such a brilliant hoarding. Respect a tax payer pic.twitter.com\/bRN7L1reRC<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 #RenukaJain (@RenukaJain6) January 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Morphed image<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Alt News performed a search using the keywords ‘taxpayers billboard<\/a>‘ and found the viral picture posted on a number of sites. It was shared in a June 2015 article by Yellow Hammer<\/a>, an American media portal. The text on the image does not refer to Kejriwal or any other political party.<\/p>\n

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According to the article, the picture of the hoarding was first tweeted by the Alabama Free Market Alliance (AFMA) on June 5, 2015.<\/p>\n

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Good reminder. cc: @GroverNorquist<\/a> @taxreformer<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/tHmSpWFuL4<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 AFMA (@ALFreeMarket) June 5, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Therefore, an old picture of a billboard in the United States was edited and circulated on social media to target Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A picture of a billboard that reads, “Nothing in this country is free. If you are getting something without paying for it, thank a taxpayer. Not to Kejriwal\u201d was shared by BJP MP Paresh Rawal amid the ongoing assembly elections. His tweet drew over 16,000 likes. pic.twitter.com\/aSGZEhknqf \u2014 Paresh Rawal (@SirPareshRawal) February 23, 2022 The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":88101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[664],"class_list":["post-88096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","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\/2021\/03\/FAKE-3-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88096","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\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88096"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112249,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88096\/revisions\/112249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88096"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=88096"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=88096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}