Fact Check: Did AAP leader Atishi claim that electricity subsidy has been stopped in Delhi? Know the truth of the viral video

New Delhi: A 34-second video of AAP leader Atishi Marlena is being shared widely amid Delhi Lok Sabha elections. While sharing this, users are claiming that the electricity subsidy given by Delhi government has stopped. In this viral video, Atishi Marlena is allegedly seen saying that from today the electricity subsidy of 46 lakh families of Delhi will be stopped. This means that the consumers of Delhi will not get subsidy in their electricity bills from tomorrow. So those who used to get zero bills will start getting increased bills from tomorrow. Those who used to get 50% discount will also start getting increased bills.

What did the users write?

This video was shared by a user Post While sharing, he/she wrote – Lo, the fever is gone, free, free, free, the free lollipop that was given till now, recovery is about to start, buckle up. These people do not know that the public can be fooled only once and not again and again, hence vote wisely. x post archive hereSee.

What came up in the investigation

When News Checker investigated this video, its team did a reverse image search of the key frames of this video on Google. During this time he/she met an ex of Aam Aadmi Party. Post found. Which was uploaded on 14 April 2023. In this video of about two minutes, Atishi is seen saying that because the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi has not cleared the file of the issue related to electricity subsidy, the subsidy on electricity bill will end from coming Monday.

After that the Newschecker team Video Tried to find a longer version of ABP and found a video of ABP. In which part of the viral video is visible. In the video, Atishi says that from today the electricity subsidy of 46 lakh families of Delhi will be stopped. This means that from tomorrow the consumers of Delhi will not get subsidy in their electricity bills. So those who used to get zero bills will start getting increased bills from tomorrow. Those who used to get 50% discount will also start getting increased bills.

After this, Atishi explains the reason for this and says that it has stopped because the Delhi government has decided that we will continue the subsidy in the coming year also, LG has kept the file of that subsidy with itself. he/she further said that the AAP government cannot provide free electricity until the file comes from LG.

Published on this matter after the video reports searched them many Report This was found which proved that Delhi Government Minister Atishi had made such allegations. However, later after the signature of the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, the subsidy on electricity in Delhi continued.

conclusion: News Checker’s investigation found that the video of AAP leader Atishi going viral on social media is incomplete. This misleading claim is being shared during the Lok Sabha elections. This video is from April 2023.

(This story was originally published news investigatorAnd republished by NBT as part of Shakti Collective.)