This Video of BJP's Ravi Negi Asking Owners To Put Their Names on Shops is Old

The video predates the 2025 Delhi Assembly elections and shows Ravi Negi's "warnings" when he was a councillor.

Fact-Check: This video predates the Delhi elections which took place in February.

(Source: The Quint) 

A video of newly elected Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Ravinder Singh Negi from Delhi's Patparganj seat has gone viral on social media platforms.

• In the clip, Negi is seen asking shopkeepers to display their names in front of their shops, else, they could be seized.

• Those sharing have claimed that the MLA warned business owners to put their identity in front of the shops after winning in the Delhi polls, which happened on 8 February.

An archive of the post can be found here.

(Source: Facebook) 

(Archives of similar claims can be found here and here.)

Is the claim true?: No, the claim is misleading. This video is not recent and dates back to December 2024 which is before the Delhi elections in February.

What we found: At first, we divided the video into multiple screenshots and ran a Google reverse image on some of them.

• We found the same video on Jist News' Instagram page. It was uploaded on 8 December 2024.

• The caption noted Negi's designation as "councillor" and not MLA.

• Similarly, The Quint reported on this incident extensively on 18 December 2024 as well.

• Negi told The Quint in December that he did these exercises as a part of the "Jan Jagrukta Abhiyan." He added that he undertook the checking on the basis of the complaints received in the area and not any government order.

• Around the time this video went viral on social media, Negi's name was not announced as a candidate for the Delhi elections.

• We also found reports from October 2024 by the Times of India and Indian Express about Negi being under the hammer for allegedly asking Muslim shop owners to display their names.

• The newly-elected MLA has posted similar videos on his official YouTube page as well. Team WebQoof found a video from August 2024 as well.

Conclusion: An old video from December 2024 of Negi has gone viral with the false claim that the incident took place following his win in the Delhi polls.

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