A 57-second clip of Indian-origin Canadian MP Chandra Arya speaking in Kannada in the Canadian Parliament has gone viral on social media. Recently, news broke that Arya is entering the race for the Prime Minister’s office following the resignation of former Canadian PM Justin Trudeau. Journalists and social media users have shared the viral video claiming it shows Arya delivering the speech as he files his nomination.
TV9 Network executive editor Nabila Jamal shared the above-mentioned viral video on X on January 17 and claimed in the caption that Chandra spoke in kannada as he filed his nomination. The tweet has received over 1 Lakh views and has been retweeted over 200 times. (Archive)
Makes us so proud
Indian-origin MP Chandra Arya from Karnataka joins the race to be Canada’s next Prime Minister after Justin Trudeau’s resignation!
Speaks in kannada as he files his nomination
“Matter of immense pride for me, a man from Karnataka’s Tumakuru district, Sira… pic.twitter.com/HXvIiCKqwF
— Nabila Jamal (@nabilajamal_) January 17, 2025
India Today editor and anchor Akshita Nandagopal also shared the same clip the same day claiming that Chandra Arya delivered a speech in Kannada after filing his nomination. (Archive)
‘Proud to be here as a Kannadiga’- Canadian MP Chandra Arya officially enters race to become Canada’s next Prime Minister and speaks in Kannada after filing his nomination
he hails from Tumkur in Karnataka pic.twitter.com/wUu4MmdG0O
— Akshita Nandagopal (@Akshita_N) January 17, 2025
Several other journalists such as ANI editor Smita Prakash, CNN News18 senior editor Pallavi Ghosh, and other pages and social media users also shared the same video claiming that the video showed the Canadian MP’s speech after he filed his nomination for the prime ministerial elections.
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After breaking down the viral clip into several key frames, we ran a reverse image search on some of them. This led us to a news report by The Times Of India from May 20, 2022, which carried a screengrab from the viral video.
The report was titled, “Canadian MP Chandra Arya’s Speech in Kannada in Parliament Earns Praise.” The report also included a translated transcript of Arya’s speech, where he said, “Respected Speaker, I’m happy for having got an opportunity to speak in Kannada in Canada’s Parliament. It is a proud moment for 5 crore Kannadigas that a man born in Sira Taluk’s Dwaralu village in Tumkur (Tumakuru) District from an Indian state of Karnataka, has been elected as Member of Parliament in Canada has spoken in Kannada…”
This shows that the speech is nearly three-year old and was delivered by Chandra Arya after he was elected as a member of parliament.
We also came across a tweet posted by Canadian MP Chandra Arya himself, featuring the same clip that has now gone viral. The tweet was made on May 20, 2022, and in the caption, Chandra Arya mentioned: “I spoke in my mother tongue (first language) Kannada in Canadian parliament. This beautiful language has long history and is spoken by about 50 million people. This is the first time Kannada is spoken in any parliament in the world outside of India.”
I spoke in my mother tongue (first language) Kannada in Canadian parliament.
This beautiful language has long history and is spoken by about 50 million people.
This is the first time Kannada is spoken in any parliament in the world outside of India. pic.twitter.com/AUanNlkETT— Chandra Arya (@AryaCanada) May 19, 2022
Therefore, it is clear that Indian journalists shared an old video of Canadian MP Chandra Arya delivering a speech in Kannada at the Canadian parliament. He did not deliver this speech while filing his nomination for the PM race.
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This content originally appeared on Alt News and was authored by Oishani Bhattacharya.
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