Nepal unrest: I-Day video from Sikkim with ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ slogans falsely viral

Amid the recent unrest in Nepal, several unverified images and videos have gone viral on social media. One such video shows a group of people carrying Indian flags and chanting slogans of ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ and ‘Vande Mataram’. The narration in the background claims that these slogans were raised by the Nepali demonstrators who wanted a Hindu Rashtra and a Prime Minister like Narendra Modi.

X user @ManojSr60583090 posted the video and said, “Very soon, auspicious news is going to be received, India is a Hindu Nation, Now the voice is coming from Nepal”. The post garnered nearly 34,000 views was reshared over 1,000 times. (Archive)

*शुभ संयोग*

*बहुत जल्द शुभ समाचार मिलने वाला है*

*भारत हिन्दू राष्ट्र है*

*अब आवाज नेपाल से आ रही है* pic.twitter.com/BHrHGKbOQN

— Manoj Srivastava (@ManojSr60583090) September 12, 2025

Several other users shared the same video with the same claim.

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Fact Check

Upon a reverse image search of a keyframe of the viral video, Alt News found a video where the procession could be seen walking through the same route. The video had been uploaded by the Facebook page Sikkim Voice. The caption stated that the video showed Sikkim chief minister Prem Singh Tamang-Golay participating in Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas. Golay can be seen in the viral video as well, which suggests that the viral video might be from Sikkim originally.

we performed further reverse image searches with keyframes of the viral video, we found that it had been shot during the Har Ghar Tiranga rally on Independence Day, August 15. The rally was held in Gangtok.

A comparison between one of the aforementioned images and a keyframe from the viral video clearly shows the same people present in the screenshots, wearing the same attire. (Outlined in red)

As it stands, a video from an Independence Day rally in Gangtok, Sikkim, where slogans like ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ and ‘Vande Mataram’ were raised, is being falsely circulated as a procession in Nepal during the recent unrest.