Check | No, This Video of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar Announcing Resignation Is Not Recent

We found that the video is from January 2024 and does not show Kumar announcing his resignation recently.

Published: 06 Jan 2025, 4:59 PM IST

A video report purportedly published by TV9 Bharatvarsh is going viral on the internet claiming that it shows Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar recently announcing his resignation from his post.

Those sharing the clip have uploaded it with a caption claiming that Kumar has once again switched sides.

The viral post had garnered nearly five lakh views on the platform. You can view archives of similar claims here, here, and here.

What are the facts?: The video actually dates back to January 2024, when Kumar had resigned from his position, ending his party’s alliance with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress in Bihar.

How did we find that out?: We conducted a keyword search on YouTube using the words “nitish kumar resignation tv9” and found …

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