Kejriwal's past voter complaints prove his governance protests are hypocritical?

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Checked 19 Oct 2026

The shared video accurately reflects that Arvind Kejriwal previously claimed Delhi's voter rolls contained around eight lakh duplicate or fake votes, and he is currently protesting the recent voter list revision. However, the clip leaves out crucial context: the present protests stem from the deletion of 47.6 lakh voters during the Special Intensive Revision. The AAP alleges this process wrongly marked millions of genuine voters as shifted or absent.

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🚩 What's concerning

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Alive voters were erroneously excluded from electoral rolls as deceased, while non-shifted voters were incorrectly marked as having shifted during the special intensive revision.

"some voters who are alive have been excluded as dead, while some who have not shifted from their registered addresses have been marked as having shifted." Times of India, 2026-10-17

Election Commission of India response: "The Election Commission, had in a written communication on Sept 29, asked states and UTs to carry out a special drive to include voters “left out” of the rolls." Times of India

What we checked

It implies: Discrepancies and duplicate voter ID cards exist on Delhi's electoral rolls.No reliable source found for this yet.

It implies: Arvind Kejriwal is personally responsible for discrepancies and duplicate voter IDs on Delhi's electoral rolls.No reliable source found for this yet.

🔎 Our read of the video

The video is an edited satirical clip intercutting scenes from the movie Nayak with news footage of a politician speaking about voter rolls.

0:28 Film scene cuts to news clip framed inside a retro television graphic

Likely context (likely, not confirmed): Political campaign spoof video release by BJP targeting AAP/Kejriwal regarding voter list allegations.

An AI assessment from the footage alone; watch the video and judge for yourself.

What the Reel doesn't tell you

The current protests follow the deletion of 47.6 lakh voters (32.8% of Delhi's electorate) during the Special Intensive Revision.
Verification drives confirmed that living voters and non-shifted residents were wrongly struck off the rolls during the recent revision.

How it plays you

It wants you to think: "Arvind Kejriwal is hypocritical for opposing voter roll revisions when he previously demanded duplicate voters be removed."

Demanding the removal of duplicate cards is consistent with opposing an intensive revision that deleted 47.6 lakh voters, including genuine residents erroneously marked as dead or shifted.

Satirical movie editing: "Delhi BJP targets Kejriwal in a sharp satirical video edit using the movie Nayak scenes.". Intercuts movie scenes of a fictional journalist confronting a politician to make archival political statements look like a present-day admission of guilt.

Short version

🧩 HALF THE STORY 👉 The shared video accurately reflects that Arvind Kejriwal previously claimed Delhi's voter rolls contained around eight lakh duplicate or fake votes, and he is currently protesting the recent voter list revision. 👉 However, the clip leaves out crucial context: the present protests stem from the deletion of 47.6 lakh voters during the Special Intensive Revision. 👉 The AAP alleges this process wrongly marked millions of genuine voters as shifted or absent. 🔎 Full check: send this Reel to @checkthis.chat

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