As an Indian minister was criticised for his "disrespectful" remarks on Bhimrao Ambedkar -- one of the architects of India's constitution -- a clipped video has been shared with a false claim it shows an opposition figure insulting Ambedkar. The original video from 2012 shows the remarks by Arvind Kejriwal -- leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) -- were taken out of context, and that he was actually referring to the charter of another opposition group, not the Indian constitution . "No one has insulted constitution author Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar as much as AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal," read a Hindi-language post shared on Facebook on December 24, 2024.
"He says Baba Saheb wrote the constitution under the influence of alcohol. Arvind Kejriwal should first apologise and then explain his entire statement as to why he made such a big allegation and insulted Bharat Ratna Baba Saheb," the post went on to say. Ambedkar, a champion of civil justice for the socially marginalised Dalit community, was one of the key architects of the Indian constitution.
His followers referred to him as Baba Saheb. The post also included a nine-second black-and-white video showing Kejriwal speaking in Hindi: "So we were sitting together and someone was saying that whoever wrote the constitution must have written it after consuming alcohol." The clip circulated after opposition politicians -- including Kejriwal -- said Indian Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks about Ambedkar on December 18, 2024 was "dis.
