By Oishani Bhattacharya

A screengrab of a YouTube video from TV9 Kannada featuring Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah is being widely shared on social media with users drawing attention to its title. It says: “I Will Share Wealth Of The Nation To Muslims: CM Siddaramaiah”.

BJP supporters and Right Wing influencers are sharing the clip in response to the criticism by the Congress camp of Prime Minister Modi’s speech at a public meeting in Rajasthan’s Banswara on April 21. In his address, the PM stated that the Congress manifesto had promised wealth redistribution among Muslims. He further claimed that former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh had in 2006 said that the “first claim on nation’s resources” was of the Muslims. Alt News has fact-checked this claim here.

Subsequently, PM Modi was heavily criticized by the Opposition.

Premium subscribed X (formerly Twitter) user BhikuMhatre (Modi’s Family) (@MumbaichaDon) shared the above-mentioned image on April 22 reasserting that Congress wanted to take the wealth of the Hindus to distribute it to the Muslim community.

https://twitter.com/MumbaichaDon/status/1782315029527949570?t=lnq17T6iOY9fc7GOvu4QHA&s=19

Another premium subscribed X user, Mr Sinha (Modi’s family) (@MrSinha_) who has been found by Alt News spreading communal misinformation several times in the past, shared the viral image and mentioned in his caption: “PM Modi wasn’t lying……” His tweet has received close to 7.5 Lakh views and has been retweeted over 8,600 times.

https://twitter.com/MrSinha_/status/1782303456684126506?t=vsNfJp8Fernor72Y9wTPZA&s=19

Several other users associated with the BJP and members of the Right-Wing ecosystem shared the same image claiming that what PM Modi had said about Congress’ wealth redistribution plans was true.

Fact Check

We searched for the video in question on TV9 Kannada’s YouTube channel and found that it was published on December 3, 2023. At the 0.46 mark of the video, one can find Siddaramaiah’s original speech given in Kannada. We translated the Karnataka CM’s speech from Kannada to English. He said:

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