Claim
Supporters of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) Mayor Balendra Shah, also famous by his stage name ‘Balen’, came out on the road of Kathmandu in hordes to protest against an interim order issued by Patan High Court which allowed the screening of Hindi films.
Fact
The viral TikTok video shared by various people is misleading and actually displays the footage of a massive crowd which attended the Jagannath Rath Yatra in Puri of Odisha, India.
Source: Screen grab of video shared by TikTok user with handle ‘rock kanxa’ on June 26
NARRATIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Primarily, our team reviewed the claim by researching online various fact checking sites. Our team found that Newschecker and Nepalcheck both had fact checked the claim on 28th June tself and reported it as misleading. You can view their detailed fact checked reports here and here.
Our team also looked at the TikTok video’s shared on social media and searched online and confirmed that the video was misleading and instead of crowds in Kathmandu the video actually displays the footage of a massive crowd which attended the Jagannath Rath Yatra in Puri of Odisha, India.
Our readers can themselves compare and review the picture published on 21st June 2023 by one Umesh M. on OneIndia website which is an Indian multi-lingual news platform.
IN CONCLUSION
Our team confirms this claim is MISLEADING and gives recommendation to the reader to refrain from falling prey to unsubstantiated & misleading WhatsApp forwards and Facebook, TikTok & other social media posts. When in doubt, visit various news media & fact checking websites online.
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