Fact Check: Has Nitish Kumar resigned again? Know the truth of viral posts on social media

New Delhi: There is hardly a day in the politics of Bihar when there is no news of any movement from there in the pages of newspapers. Be it the party in power or the opposition, political turmoil never stops in Bihar. Next year, 2025 assembly elections are to be held in the state and before that once again the politics of the state is on the boil. However, meanwhile, some fake news is also becoming increasingly viral on social media. In one such post, it is being claimed that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has again resigned from his/her post. A clip of a channel related to Nitish Kumar has also been shared in this post. In the clip, Nitish Kumar is saying that something was not going well in the alliance, hence he/she has resigned and now he/she will form a new alliance. However, during investigation by the alert team, this claim turned out to be false.

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What is the claim on social media?

While sharing the clip of the channel related to Nitish Kumar on the social media platform This post was made on December 28 at 12:07 pm. This user’s post has been reposted by 190 people. At the same time, about 1200 people have liked this post. See his/her post-

Apart from this, Kamlesh Kumar Meena has also posted the same and while sharing the clip of Nitish Kumar has written, ‘Paltu Ram has turned again! If Paltu turns away from Ram Desh’s alliance, it will hail you!’ The clip of the channel has also been shared in such a way that it seems as if there is some latest statement. See post-

Also see Vivek Yadav’s post-

Apart from X, a large number of internet users have also posted this video of Nitish Kumar on YouTube. See screen shot-

What is the truth of this post?

To know the truth of this claim, we searched a screen shot of the clip with the help of Google Lens. On searching, we found a link to the news of news website NBT dated 28 January 2024. It has been reported in this news that Nitish Kumar has resigned from his/her government running under the Grand Alliance. Click here to read the news

Within this news, we also found that video of ANI, which is currently being shared on social media. For further investigation we Abhishek in charge of Bihar section in NBT Talked to. he/she told that this video is from January itself, when Nitish Kumar separated from the Grand Alliance and formed a new government by becoming a part of NDA. Apart from NBT we Till today, The Hindu And ndtv Links to the website were also found. You can read that news by clicking on these links.

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conclusion-

The claim being made on social media related to the resignation of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is false. he/she resigned in January 2024 and at that time he/she separated from the Grand Alliance. Currently Nitish Kumar is a part of NDA and is running a stable government in Bihar. In the investigation of the alert team, the social media claim was proved to be false.