Old Video Of Rabi Lamichhane’s Appointment As Home Minister Shared As Recent

A video claiming that the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Chairman Rabi Lamichhane has been appointed as the Home Minister again is going viral on TikTok.

The video is going viral at a time when the post of Home Minister is lying vacant following the resignation of Sudan Gurung on April 22, 2026. Gurung stepped down following mounting scrutiny over his controversial share investments and alleged financial partnerships with controversial business figures, including power broker Deepak Bhatta.

In this context, TikTok user @sambarkingtv posted a news clip showing RSP Chairman Rabi Lamichhane entering the Home Ministry after being appointed as Home Minister for a second time. The narrator of the video says, “Rabi Lamichhane has entered the Home Ministry for a second time. We are showing you the scene of Lamichhane entering Singha Durbar as a tiger.” The video shows officials and his well-wishers congratulating Lamichhane by garlanding him and offering bouquets.  The video also carries a photo showing RSP Chairman Rabi Lamichhane and Prime Minister Balendra Shah. Text superimposed on the video reads, “Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane.”  

The 2:05-minute video posted on May 24 has garnered 24k likes, 722 users have shared it and 912 people have commented until the last count.

Newschecker found the claim to be misleading.

Fact Check /Verification

To check the veracity of the claim, Newschecker checked the news regarding the appointment of Home Minister after Gurung’s resignation. However, the search did not yield any credible reports about the appointment of Rabi Lamichhane as Home Minister.

The appointment of Rabi Lamichhane would have obviously made big headlines.

 We then looked up the website of the Ministry of Home Affairs and found that Prime Minister Balendra Shah has been looking after the Home portfolio.  

Further, we split the viral video into several key-frames and ran reverse searches on them. The searches led us to a few photos matching a frame from the viral video. One of the matching photos was found in the archive of the Home Ministry posted on March 6, 2024.

We also found another photo resembling a frame from the viral video posted on eKantipur online. The news carrying the photo reported Rabi Lamichhane’s reappointment as the Home Minister after 13 months.

A reverse search on fame led us to a video, dated March 6, 2024, posted on the YouTube channel named Bishal Khabar. On checking the video, we found that the video exactly matched the viral video. The video actually showed Rabi Lamichhane’s appointment as Home Minister for a second time in March 2024.

 Thus, our findings clearly showed that the viral video is from 2024 when Lamichhane was appointed as Home Minister for a second time.

Conclusion

No, Rabi Lamichhane has not been appointed as Home Minister again. The viral video actually shows 2024 video of Lamichhane’s reappointment as Home Minister. Thus, the video is found to be shared in a misleading manner.

Result: Misleading

Sources
Bishal Khabar /YouTube, March 6, 2024
Home Ministry, March 6, 2024
eKantipur, March 6, 2024
Home Ministry, March 6, 2024