-
Summary: Ahead of the 2025 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections, the official X account of the governing Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and multiple AAP-affiliated users have circulated a video of Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, claiming that he "pretended to drink the Yamuna water and then spat the water back into the river."
[...]
However, we found a longer version of the viral video in which Saini can be seen drinking the Yamuna water. -
incident type:
-
Year started:
-
Countries: ,
-
Found via:
-
Date added:
| Reference | Pub Date | Authors | Org | Archive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://web.archive.org/web/20250130140024/https://www.logicallyfacts.com/en/fact-check/clipped-video-of-haryana-cm-shared-claim-spitting-yamuna-water-back-into-the-river | 2025-01-30 00:00:00 | Tahil Ali | Logically Facts | https://archive.ph/qph4y |
| Technique | Description given for this incident |
|---|---|
| T0097.110 Party Official Persona | Ahead of the 2025 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections, the official X account of the governing Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) (T0097.110: Party Official Persona, T0143.001: Authentic Persona) and multiple AAP-affiliated users have circulated a video of Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, claiming that he "pretended to drink the Yamuna water and then spat the water back into the river." Former Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal also shared this video with the caption, “Haryana Chief Minister Naib Singh Saini pretended to drink Yamuna water... and then spat the same water back into the Yamuna. When I said that Yamuna water could be dangerous for the lives of Delhiites due to ammonia contamination, they threatened to file an FIR against me. They want to make the people of Delhi drink the same poisonous water which they themselves cannot drink. I will never let this happen (sic) (translated from Hindi)." At the time of writing this story, the post had amassed over 1 million views and 9,700 likes. [...] However, we found a longer version of the viral video in which Saini can be seen drinking the Yamuna water (T0162.008: Context Reframed by Edits to Media, T0165.001: Clipped Content). We conducted a Google search using relevant keywords and found an extended video shared by multiple news outlets and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-affiliated accounts. The video shows Saini first spitting out some water and then taking a sip of the river water. The full video was uploaded by news agency ANI on January 29, 2025, with the caption, “#WATCH |
DO NOT EDIT ABOVE THIS LINE - PLEASE ADD NOTES BELOW