Rahul Kanwal: Majority in favour of Kejriwal dharna

Assertion

On 20 January 2014, Aaj Tak and Headlines Today editor Rahul Kanwal made the following claim on Twitter:

Facts

On 20 January 2014, Aaj Tak conducted a poll with the following question (translated from Hindi below):

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is sitting on an agitation against the central Government. Do you think he is doing the right thing?

Readers were presented with three voting choices: Yes, No and Cannot say.

As of 7:30 P.M on 20 January 2014, the poll results were as follows:

It is clear from the preceding screenshot that 38.6 per cent supported Kejriwal’s decision to agitate against the UPA government while 57.9% did not view Kejriwal’s agitation in a positive light.

This apart, a similar poll conducted by NDTV shows the following result:

This apart, Rahul Kanwal does not mention a fundamental fact about surveys and polls: sample size.

Verdict

Merely stating that “Polls on Hindi channels show more than two thirds of respondents support @ArvindKejriwal dharna” reflects non-transparent, if not irresponsible journalism.

However, in this case, Rahul Kanwal has openly stated a falsehood contrary to the results shown on his own channel. 

IndiaFacts verdict: Rahul Kanwal’s claim that polls on Hindi channels show that the majority of people support Arvind Kejriwal’s dharna exposes him to be an Incorrigible Liar.