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Fact Check : I never called PM Deshdrohi. https://t.co/CPkVBSYsj6 — Political Kida (@PoliticalKida) 1580799014000

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Another blatant lie by @ArvindKejriwal. Does he really think people have forgotten how he insult people of bihar f… https://t.co/kx0vl6YvqR — Political Kida (@PoliticalKida) 1580798006000

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Biggest U-turn of @ArvindKejriwal till date. This video should reach every Citizen across Delhi. https://t.co/aIKnmSTrzR — Political Kida (@PoliticalKida) 1580632152000

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A series of videos posted by a Twitter account that goes by the name ‘Political Kida’ claim to bust some of the U-turns Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has made while campaigning for the upcoming state assembly elections. We’ll look at each one of them one by one and find out if the U-turns are indeed legitimate or whether Kejriwal has been quoted out of context.“Never called Modi deshdrohi”Kejriwal, while giving an interview to ABP News, expressed displeasure at being labelled a ‘terrorist’ by some BJP leaders. The journalist, Dibang, reminded Kejriwal of the time he called Prime Minister Narendra Modi “Anti-national”. Kejriwal immediately denied and said he never called Modi that.At 14:35, one can hear Kejriwal’s denial.In a related question, he also denied ever demanding a probe against Delhi Police in the controversial Batla House encounter.Kejriwal indeed called Modi a “Deshdrohi” a few months back. His denial to accept that, is a lie.Using ‘Kejriwal Modi deshdrohi’ as keywords on YouTube, we found a video uploaded by a channel called ‘City First News’ on May 7, 2019. In the video, Kejriwal, addressing a rally, says, “Modi’s nationalism is fake and he is dangerous for India. Modi colludes with Pakistanis and terrorists”.From 1:08, Kejriwal can be heard saying “There’s no bigger ‘deshdrohi’ than Modi in India”Kejriwal had also, in the past, expressed doubts over the Batla House encounter.Using ‘Kejriwal Batla House’ as keywords on YouTube, we found a video uploaded by BHTV on September 18, 2017, in which Kejriwal made those remarks.“Never insulted people from Bihar and Purvanchal”In the same interview to ABP News, at 4:29, Dibang asks Kejriwal about the anti-Bihari remarks he has made in the past. Kejriwal denied and said that accusation leveled by Modi in his speech against him of insulting Biharis and Purvanchalis is a complete lie.It turns out it was yet another U-turn by Kejriwal. In September last year, he accused Biharis of coming to Delhi, infiltrating its hospitals and enjoying free medical facilities worth Rs 5 lakh.Using ‘Kejriwal anti-Bihari remark’ as keywords on YouTube, we found a video uploaded by NDTV India on September 30, 2019. At 0:20, Kejriwal can be heard making these remarks, which he is denying now.“Never promised installing 15 lakh CCTV cameras in Delhi”In a recent episode of Aap Ki Adalat show, hosted by anchor Rajat Sharma on India TV , Kejriwal claimed he never promised installing 15 lakh CCTV cameras in Delhi.At 17:15, Sharma asks Kejriwal about his unfulfilled promise of installing 10-15 lakh CCTV cameras. Kejriwal says this figure was a lie concocted by BJP.At 1:08, one can see Kejriwal, prior to Delhi assembly elections of 2015, promising that the Aam Aadmi Party , if voted to power, would install 10-15 lakh CCTV cameras in Delhi.Times Fact Check has found that Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has made several U-turns in the run-up to Delhi assembly elections. We have found the claims made by Twitter account Political Kida to be correct.