A video of Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao calling PM Modi his ‘best friend’ is doing the rounds on social media, claiming that it was taken after his daughter Kalvakuntla Kavitha was questioned by CBI in connection with the Delhi liquor scam.
The video is shared with a caption: KCR is suddenly singing like a canary just because his daughter has been named in the Delhi liquor excise scam.
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the post, and found it to be old.
We found the same video on YouTube dated March 4, 2018, with a title: “I am Modi’s Best Friend” — CM KCR on his relationship with PM Modi
We also found a report by The Indian Express, dated March 3, 2018, with a headline: Telangana CM KCR denies abusing PM Modi, says, ‘I am his best friend’.
According to the report, talking about his relationship with PM Modi, KCR said: “I have nothing against Narendra Modi. I’m Modi’s best friend. I sought an appointment with him in Delhi, which itself shows I have nothing against him, but he couldn’t accommodate the request for an appointment.”
The same was also covered by TOI in March 2018, mentioning that KCR denied using unparliamentary words in reference to PM Modi at public meetings in Karimnagar and Adilabad. “I had addressed him as Modi garu, and did not use any disrespectful word. I can say this with confidence as I checked the audio recordings of my speeches later,” he said.
Thus, it is clear that the video is from 2018 and is being shared with a false claim.
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