Did Union Minister Athawale say, I get petrol for free? Chandravanshi

Did Union Minister Athawale say, I get petrol for free? Chandravanshi

Claim

A statement in the name of Union Minister Ramdas Athawale is going viral on social media. In a viral statement, it is being claimed that 'BJP' leader Ramdas Athawale has said on the rising prices of petrol-

"No matter how expensive the petrol becomes. I am a minister, I get petrol for free. "

Now his statement is making viral and social media users are targeting.

Facebook user Neha Singh has shared the viral statement of Athawale in a Facebook group named I M WITH RAVISH KUMAR.

The rest of the claims are also viral on social media on the statement of Ramdas Athawale.

The investigation

'The Lallantop' explores the statement of Ramdas Athawale. In our investigation, the statement of Ramdas Athawale turned out to be two years old. He said this in response to a journalist's question. He later apologized for this statement when the controversy escalated.

After searching with the help of some keywords, we found a video of the statement of Athawale on the YouTube channel of the news agency ANI. In this video uploaded on 16 September 2018, Athawale is saying-

“Petrol and diesel prices should come down. For this, the government is thinking seriously. Dharmendra is the Prime Minister of Petroleum, has entrusted the responsibility on him. States should also try to reduce prices. Because it also has the taxes of the state government and also of the central government. "

After this, Athawale says in response to a question-

"I am not upset. Because I am a minister, I get diesel in Focus. If my ministerial post goes, then I get upset. But the public is upset with the rate increase, we can understand this and the government has tried to reduce the rate. ”

After this, we also got the second statement of Ramdas Athawale on 16 September 2018 quoting ANI. In this statement, he said that a journalist asked me whether he had any problem with the rising prices of petrol and diesel. At the answer of this question, Athawale said that I am a minister and we get a government car. He also said that I understand the public's problem and if my statement has hurt anyone, I apologize.

Ramdas Athawale is not a BJP leader. His party's name is Republican Party of India (Athawale). There is a coalition of RPI (A) and BJP. Ramdas Athawale is the Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment in the Modi government from the RPI (A) side.

Result

In our investigation, the viral claim in the name of Union Minister Ramdas Athawale turned out to be misleading. Athawale's September 2018 statement on the rising prices of petrol is going viral right now. He also apologized for this statement. Ramdas Athawale is a leader of the RPI (A), not the BJP, which has an alliance with the BJP.Chandravanshi

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