Fake News of KP Sharma Oli’s Death Goes Viral

Claim
Former Prime Minister and CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli has passed away.
Fact
Viral claim is False.

A video claiming that immediate past Prime Minister and CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli has passed away has gone viral on TikTok.

Deposed PM Oli had been flown to an army barrack following his resignation on September 9 after the Gen Z protest turned violent.

After spending nine days under Nepal Army security, Chairman Oli had moved to a rented apartment in Bhaktapur as the situation limped back to normalcy. His private residence in Balkot was also vandalized and torched by the protesters.

Against this backdrop, TikTok user @rajubsnet29 posted a video showing a street protest. The video carries footage of protest along with photos of KP Sharma Oli with text superimposed on it reading, “Heartfelt condolence. Former Prime Minister KP Oli is no more.” A person speaking on the video says, “Former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has died. The news of former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s death has made the Gen Z Youth happy. A few weeks ago, the Gen Z youths torched his house and tried to kill him. But he managed to escape to Dubai after resigning as the prime minister. He returned to Kathmandu after the situation returned to normalcy and started living at a rented apartment in Kathmandu. But the Gen Z youths knew about it and came to his rented residence and picketed his house. In the meantime, Oli suffers a heart attack and he is rushed to Bir Hospital, where he dies.”

The video posted on September 23 has raked up 29.4k likes, 4366 users have shared 988 people have commented until the last count.
The archived version of the TikTok video can be seen here.

Newschecker found the claim to be false.

Fact Check /Verification

To check the veracity of the claim, Newschecker searched for the news related to CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli. The search led us to an article, dated Sept 28, posted on Kathmandu Post online.

The article reported that Oli, while addressing an event organised by the CPN-UML in Bhaktapur, Oli said that he will not flee Nepal by handing over the country to the present government.   

We also found a freshly published article, dated Oct 8, 2025, posted on popular Setopati online. The article reported that Oli, while addressing the district chairmen of the party through a virtual meeting, said that he has no intention to quit the party leadership anytime soon.

Further, we reached out to Kiran Poudel, public relations aide to Oli, who confirmed that Oli is alive and has been busy in regular meetings and consultation with party cadres. “The information about spread on social media is false,” Poudel noted.  

Thus, our findings clearly show that Oli is alive and actively holding meetings with his party cadres.

Conclusion

CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli is alive. The claim that Oli has died of a heart attack is false.

Result: False 

Sources
Kathmandu Post, Sept 28, 2025
Setopati Online, Oct 8, 2025
Direct Contact with Kiran Poudel

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