Sanjeeb Phuyal

ClaimFormer CPN-UML leader Bhim Rawal is all set to join the Rastriya Swatantra Party.FactA News24 Television clip shared with misleading text superimposed on it. UPDATE: We have updated the headline for editorial clarity. A video claiming that senior communist leader Bhim Rawal, who was recently ousted from the CPN-UML, is almost certain to join the…

ClaimNepali Congress General Secretary Gagan Thapa bowed and apologised to Rastriya Swatantra Party Chairman Rabi Lamichhane.FactNo, the viral video shows Gagan Thapa speaking at  the House.    A video allegedly showing Nepali Congress General Secretary Gagan Thapa apologising to Rastriya Swatantra Party Chairman Rabi Lamichhane is going viral on TikTok. Former Home Minister and RSP Chairman…

ClaimPresident Ram Chandra Poudel said that Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli spent 14 years in jail not for democracy but for a murder.FactOld clip of Ram Chandra Poudel lashing Oli was shared as recent. An eighteen-second video showing Nepal’s President Ram Chandra Poudel saying that Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli spent 14-years in jail not…

ClaimCNN Reported about Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s investment in Cambodia’s telecom sector.FactViral video is edited. A video allegedly showing CNN reporting about Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s investment in Cambodia’s telecom sector has gone viral on TikTok. The video goes viral on the heels of the arrest of Durga Prasain, a controversial media…

ClaimNepal Police CIB arrested Gitendra Babu Rai from Kathmandu.FactGB Rai has not been arrested yet. A video claiming that GB (Gitendra Babu) Rai, the chairman of Gorkha Media Group and operator of now-defunct Galaxy 4K TV, has been arrested from Kathmandu, is going viral on TikTok. Gitendra Babu Rai (GB Rai), who has been accused…

ClaimPrime Minister KP Sharma Oli said that the Congress-led government will not last after mid-January. FactViral video shows an old clip of KP Sharma Oli from 2017 when his party was not in the government. A video allegedly showing Prime Minister and Chairman of Communist Party of Nepal –Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) saying that Nepali Congress=led…

ClaimFormer Attorney General and Professor Yubaraj Sangraula cursed Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli in his public speech.FactThe viral video is edited. A video allegedly showing former Attorney General and Professor Yubaraj Sangraula using curse words on Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is going viral on TikTok. TikTok user @loken.tmg21 posted a video showing a clip…

ClaimPrime Minister and CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli Said Nepali Congress Orchestrated the murder of late CPN-UML General Secretary Madan Bhandari.FactNo, the viral video is clipped and lacks the context. A video allegedly showing Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who is also the chairman of Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML), saying that Nepali…

ClaimEven International media called Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli not a politician but a murderer.FactNo, viral video from July 2020 reports KP Sharma’s rise in politics. A video claiming that international media has called Prime Minister and Chairman of CPN-UML KP Sharma Oli is not a politician but a murderer is going viral on TikTok.…