Sanjeeb Phuyal is the Nepali Editor of Newschecker based in Kathmandu, Nepal. He brings over a decade of experience writing and editing news. In his previous stint, he worked as online editor for The Kathmandu Post. With the growth of social media platforms—and the ever-growing competition amongst media outlets to churn out breaking news, he feels that fact-checking every piece of information has become more essential today than ever before.
Claim
KP Sharma Oli leaves Parliament after being ousted from the post of Prime Minister.
Fact
No, the viral video is old and shows Oli leaving the parliament before his appointment as the Prime Minister.
An 11-second video allegedly showing Prime Minister and Chairman of CPN-UML KP Sharma Oli leaving without responding to the media after he was ousted from the post of Prime Minister is going viral on TikTok.
TikTok user @govindachhetrii posted a video showing Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli walking out of the parliament building. Nepali text superimposed on the video reads, “KP Oli, who roared like a lion wiping Prachanda [Chairman of CPN (Maoist Centre) Pushpa Kamal Dahal], walked out in disappointment with other ministers after he lost his post. Another misfortune for Nepal, the government was dismissed again today.” The video caption reads, “Another misfortune for Nepal, again the government fell today.”
Audio accompanying the video presented in a news reporting style says, “Viewers you can see that KP Sharma Oli is in no mood to speak to the media.”
The video posted on October 15 has garnered 18.3k likes, 390 users have shared it until the last count.
Newschecker found the claim to be misleading.
Fact Check /Verification
To check the authenticity of the claim made in the viral video, Newschecker split the video into several key frames and ran reverse searches on them.
As the reverse searches on several platforms didn’t throw up any relevant results, we closely observed the video and noticed a logo of ‘Nepal Pukar Online Television’ on the top right corner of the frame. Taking a clue from it, we conducted a thorough search on the channel and found a video, dated July 12, 2024, which resembled the viral video.
On checking the video, we found that the video and the audio from the beginning exactly matched the viral video.
We searched and found that CPN-UML Chairman Oli was appointed as the Prime Minister for the fourth time on July 14. We found that Oli had staked claim to the post of Prime Minister following a deal with Nepali Congress, the largest party in the parliament.
Further, we looked up the latest news related to Prime Minister Oli and found an article published a few hours ago on Khabarhub online. The news article noted that PM Oli, while meeting an all-party delegation from Khotang at his official residence in Baluwatar, expressed deep concern over the damage caused by recent floods, landslides, and inundation, and reiterated the government’s commitment to swiftly begin reconstruction and rehabilitation.
Thus, our findings clearly indicated that the viral video showed old footage of Oli leaving the Parliament before his appointment as the Prime Minister.
Conclusion
No, the government led by KP Sharma Oli is still in office and there is no immediate indication of toppling the current coalition of Nepali Congress and CPN-UML. The viral video actually shows old footage of Oli leaving the parliament in the lead up to his appointment as the Prime Minister.
Result: False
Sources
Nepal Pukar Online TV /YouTube, July 12, 2024
Setopati, July 14, 2024
Kathmandu Post, July 12, 2024
Khabarhub, Oct 16, 2024
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Sanjeeb Phuyal is the Nepali Editor of Newschecker based in Kathmandu, Nepal. He brings over a decade of experience writing and editing news. In his previous stint, he worked as online editor for The Kathmandu Post. With the growth of social media platforms—and the ever-growing competition amongst media outlets to churn out breaking news, he feels that fact-checking every piece of information has become more essential today than ever before.
