DigitEye India Fact Checkers
Several posts on Twitter (X) appeared suggesting a heated exchange took place between Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Additional Solicitor General (ASG) SV Raju inside the courtroom while the judge was hearing the arguments. The claim said:
“SAVAGE BY ARVIND KEJRIWAL. Arvind Kejriwal in Court: Why have you arrested me? ASG Raju: We have a statement against you. Kejriwal: So if I say I gave 100 crores to Modi and Amit Shah, will you go and arrest them basd on my statement? Judge and ASG both went quiet (sic).”
The post shared on Twitter has gone viral with over 1.6 million views.
SAVAGE BY ARVIND KEJRIWAL
Arvind Kejriwal in Court : Why have you arrested me?
ASG Raju : We have a statement against you.
Kejriwal : So if I say I gave 100 crores to Modi and Amit Shah, will you go and arrest them basd on my statement?
Judge and ASG both went quiet 😂😂😂…
— AAP Ka Mehta 🇮🇳 (@DaaruBaazMehta) March 28, 2024
Arvind Kejriwal aajka Bhagat Singh hai pic.twitter.com/4pTOqmKJbe
— AAP Ka Mehta 🇮🇳 (@DaaruBaazMehta) March 29, 2024
FACT-CHECK
Digiteye India team received a request to fact-check the same on its WhatsApp. When the team checked for details of the courtroom arguments and found several reports that CM Kejriwal himself had argued in the court questioning why he was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
According to a Live Law report, here’s what Kejriwa’s arguments are in the courtroom. While making his argument, Kejriwal did not make any remarks as suggested in the claim about the Prime Minister or the Union Home Minister.
Read about the case and what transpired in court during the previous hearing on ED remand:https://t.co/2gZRnW9s2d#ArvindKejriwal #ED
— Live Law (@LiveLawIndia) March 28, 2024
Further search on social media revealed that those inside the court refuting these claims here and here.
Several accounts have tweeted this exchange & it has gone viral.
But as someone who was in court, along with a dozen other reporters, can confirm that it certainly did not happen. Please stop RTing fake news!
Read what actually happened in court here ⬇️ https://t.co/0MiINvvXHh https://t.co/RtxABlerab
— Tanishka Sodhi (@tanishka_s2) March 29, 2024
Tanishka Sodhi, who is a journalist at Newslaundry, said that the exchange did not happen during the court proceedings. Another journalist Umag Poddar from BBC tweeted the same as seen below:
This exchange never happened. https://t.co/WmDXYAwtNz
— Umang Poddar (@UmangPod) March 28, 2024
Hence, the claim is misleading.
Claim: Delhi CM argued in court why he was arrested and referred to PM and Home Minister in his argument.
Conclusion: False. No such heated exchange took place between Delhi CM Kejriwal and ASG Raju as claimed.
Rating: Misleading — 
