Claim
Arvind Kejriwal used to say that his grandmothers said a Ram temple should never be built at the Babri site.
“अरविंद केजरीवाल है अनुराग ढांडा के गुरु और अरविंद केजरीवाल कहते थे कि उनकी दादी और नानी कहती है कि बाबरी के स्थान पे कभी भी प्रभु श्री राम का मंदिर नहीं बनना चाहिए”▶ Watch source segment
Rationale
Kejriwal did make a related statement: in a 2014 rally speech he recounted his nani saying, after the Babri demolition, that 'my Ram cannot reside in a temple built by demolishing someone's mosque.' The anchor's version distorts it in two ways: it attributes the view to both his dadi and nani (only the nani is documented), and it hardens 'my Ram cannot reside in a temple built by demolishing a mosque' into 'a Ram temple should never be built at the Babri site.' It also frames a single documented anecdote as something Kejriwal 'used to say' repeatedly. The core attribution is real but the paraphrase exaggerates it; no independent fact-checker (AltNews, BOOM, Newschecker, Factly, PIB) was found to have adjudicated this exact quote, and the main documentation comes from partisan-leaning outlets citing the original video.
Evidence
- https://hindi.opindia.com/politics/arvind-kejriwal-ayodhya-ram-mandir-visit-people-recall-his-statements-nani-babri-mosque-demolished-aap/ Recounts Kejriwal's actual 2014 rally remark: he asked his nani (maternal grandmother) after the Babri demolition if she was happy, and she replied 'मस्जिद तोड़ कर बनाए गए मंदिर में मेरा राम नहीं बस सकता' (my Ram cannot reside in a temple built by demolishing someone's mosque); video was recirculated by BJP's Sambit Patra around his 2026 Ayodhya visit ✗ unreachable · HTTP 403
- https://www.performindia.com/why-does-aap-hate-hindu-gods-and-goddesses-so-much-understand-kejriwals-reality-from-these-eight-statements/ Lists the same single nani anecdote among Kejriwal's past statements on the Ram temple; attributes it to one grandmother (nani), not both dadi and nani ✓ reachable · archived