{"id":89628,"date":"2021-04-05T19:04:32","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T13:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=89628"},"modified":"2021-04-05T19:04:32","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T13:34:32","slug":"photo-of-delhi-cm-kejriwal-giving-mask-to-school-boy-predates-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/photo-of-delhi-cm-kejriwal-giving-mask-to-school-boy-predates-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo of Delhi CM Kejriwal giving mask to school boy predates COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An image of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal putting on an anti-pollution mask on a school boy has been shared on social media. Deputy CM Manish Sisodia can also be spotted in the picture. Several BJP supporters have pointed out that Kejriwal and Sisodia aren&#8217;t wearing masks.<\/p>\n<p>BJP spokesperson <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/0xsUK\">Harish Khurana<\/a> wrote, &#8220;Making a child wear mask, but what about you and Sisodia? The things you do for a photoshoot, Kejriwal ji. That&#8217;s why we call you self-promoting CM.&#8221; Multiple Twitter users have <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%20%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8B%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8B%20%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%20%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A6%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%20&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\">copy-pasted<\/a> this text implying that the AAP leaders have not followed COVID protocol.<\/p>\n<p>(Translated from: \u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u0947 \u0915\u094b \u0924\u094b \u092e\u093e\u0938\u094d\u0915 \u092a\u0939\u0928\u093e \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u094b \u0932\u0947\u0915\u093f\u0928 \u0916\u093c\u0941\u0926 \u0915\u093e \u0914\u0930 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 @msisodia \u0915\u093e \u092e\u093e\u0938\u094d\u0915 \u0915\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964 \u092b\u093c\u094b\u091f\u094b \u0913\u092a \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u0932\u093f\u090f \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u094b @ArvindKejriwal \u091c\u0940\u0964 \u0924\u092d\u0940 \u0924\u094b \u0939\u092e \u0915\u0939\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948 \u0935\u093f\u091c\u094d\u091e\u093e\u092a\u0928 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u093e @CMODelhi)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u0947 \u0915\u094b \u0924\u094b \u092e\u093e\u0938\u094d\u0915 \u092a\u0939\u0928\u093e \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u094b \u0932\u0947\u0915\u093f\u0928 \u0916\u093c\u0941\u0926 \u0915\u093e \u0914\u0930 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msisodia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@msisodia<\/a> \u0915\u093e \u092e\u093e\u0938\u094d\u0915 \u0915\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964<\/p>\n<p>\u092b\u093c\u094b\u091f\u094b \u0913\u092a \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u0932\u093f\u090f \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u094b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArvindKejriwal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ArvindKejriwal<\/a> \u091c\u0940\u0964<\/p>\n<p>\u0924\u092d\u0940 \u0924\u094b \u0939\u092e \u0915\u0939\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948 \u0935\u093f\u091c\u094d\u091e\u093e\u092a\u0928 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u093e <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CMODelhi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CMODelhi<\/a> \u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1JE1cC9thW\">pic.twitter.com\/1JE1cC9thW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Harish Khurana (@HarishKhuranna) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HarishKhuranna\/status\/1378603572246409218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Former Nagpur mayor and BJP member <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/iROHo\">Sandip Joshi<\/a> also tweeted this image.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0924\u0940\u0928 \u092c\u0917\u0948\u0930 \u092e\u093e\u0938\u094d\u0915 \u0915\u0947 \u0935\u093f\u0926\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0928 \u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u0947 \u0915\u094b \u092e\u093e\u0938\u094d\u0915 \u0932\u0917\u0928\u093e \u0938\u093f\u0916\u093e \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/97w7p4RB0P\">pic.twitter.com\/97w7p4RB0P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sandip Joshi (@SandipJoshiNGP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SandipJoshiNGP\/status\/1378963779614957569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/posts?q=%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%20%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8B%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8B%20%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%20%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A6%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%20&amp;filters=eyJycF9jcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lOjAiOiJ7XCJuYW1lXCI6XCJjcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lXCIsXCJhcmdzXCI6XCJ7XFxcInN0YXJ0X3llYXJcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIxXFxcIixcXFwic3RhcnRfbW9udGhcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIxLTFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfeWVhclxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMjFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfbW9udGhcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDIxLTEyXFxcIixcXFwic3RhcnRfZGF5XFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyMS0xLTFcXFwiLFxcXCJlbmRfZGF5XFxcIjpcXFwiMjAyMS0xMi0zMVxcXCJ9XCJ9In0%3D\">Facebook users<\/a> have posted the picture as well including another BJP spokesperson Virender Babbar.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IVirenderBabbar\/posts\/1366256627092608\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IVirenderBabbar\/posts\/1366256627092608\"><p>\u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u0947 \u0915\u094b \u0924\u094b \u092e\u093e\u0938\u094d\u0915 \u092a\u0939\u0928\u093e \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u094b \u0932\u0947\u0915\u093f\u0928 \u0916\u093c\u0941\u0926 \u0915\u093e \u0914\u0930 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 Manish Sisodia \u091c\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u092e\u093e\u0938\u094d\u0915 \u0915\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964<\/p>\n<p>\u092b\u093c\u094b\u091f\u094b \u0936\u0942\u091f \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u094b Arvind Kejriwal \u091c\u0940\u0964<\/p>\n<p>\u0924\u092d\u0940 \u0924\u094b \u0939\u092e \u0915\u0939\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948 \u0935\u093f\u091c\u094d\u091e\u093e\u092a\u0928 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u093e \u0964<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IVirenderBabbar\/\">Virender Babbar<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IVirenderBabbar\/posts\/1366256627092608\">Sunday, 4 April 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The posts below gained high engagement. (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SonuSri795\/status\/1378698969979576326\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/899206827262638\/permalink\/1144954362687882\/\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JainKiran6\/status\/1378666742814150660\">3<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BittuTuFanii\/status\/1378595265959972868\">4<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-89628 gallery-columns-4 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\/photo-of-delhi-cm-kejriwal-giving-mask-to-school-boy-predates-covid-19\/screenshot-2021-04-05-at-13-16-04\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"475\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-05-at-13.16.04.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-05-at-13.16.04.png 475w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-05-at-13.16.04-271x300.png 271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/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\/photo-of-delhi-cm-kejriwal-giving-mask-to-school-boy-predates-covid-19\/screenshot-2021-04-05-at-13-16-38\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"523\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-05-at-13.16.38.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-05-at-13.16.38.jpg 523w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-05-at-13.16.38-246x300.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/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\/photo-of-delhi-cm-kejriwal-giving-mask-to-school-boy-predates-covid-19\/screenshot-2021-04-05-at-14-33-04\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-05-at-14.33.04.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-05-at-14.33.04.png 472w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-05-at-14.33.04-289x300.png 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/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\/photo-of-delhi-cm-kejriwal-giving-mask-to-school-boy-predates-covid-19\/screenshot-2021-04-05-at-14-33-31\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-05-at-14.33.31.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-05-at-14.33.31.png 472w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-05-at-14.33.31-297x300.png 297w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-05-at-14.33.31-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>The image dates back to 2019. It was published by the Press Trust of India and since then republished by several media outlets.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/news\/india\/new-delhi-air-quality-pollution-arvind-kejriwal-haryana-punjab-stubble-burning-560578\">November 2019 India TV report<\/a>, the image shows CM Kejriwal with Deputy CM and Education Minister Sisodia offering an anti-pollution mask to a student at Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalaya, New Delhi.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-89632 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-05-at-13.23.39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1063\" height=\"689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-05-at-13.23.39.jpg 1063w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-05-at-13.23.39-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-05-at-13.23.39-1024x664.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-05-at-13.23.39-768x498.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1063px) 100vw, 1063px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The picture was also tweeted by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1190118168313782272\/photo\/1\">ANI<\/a> on November 1, 2019.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-89633 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-05-at-13.28.29.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-05-at-13.28.29.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-05-at-13.28.29-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-05-at-13.28.29-1024x497.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-05-at-13.28.29-768x373.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>BJP spokespersons alluded that the Delhi CM and Deputy CM are not adhering to COVID-19 norms amid rising cases. But the\u00a0first case of COVID-19 in India was reported in January 2020. The photograph predates the pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal putting on an anti-pollution mask on a school boy has been shared on social media. Deputy CM Manish Sisodia can also be spotted in the picture. Several BJP supporters have pointed out that Kejriwal and Sisodia aren&#8217;t wearing masks. BJP spokesperson Harish Khurana wrote, &#8220;Making a child [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":89634,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[682],"class_list":["post-89628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Photo of Delhi CM Kejriwal giving mask to school boy predates COVID-19 - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Photo of Delhi CM Kejriwal giving mask to school boy predates COVID-19 - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An image of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal putting on an anti-pollution mask on a school boy has been shared on social media. 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