Prime Minister meeting members of an opposition party
Occurred in Sri Lanka on March 15, 2021 at 7:07 p.m.
Reported by Saahithiyanan Ganeshanathan via Internet on Nov. 15, 2021 at 8 p.m.
Reported by Saahithiyanan Ganeshanathan via Internet on Nov. 15, 2021 at 8 p.m.
This report is Confirmed false
and is of
Medium Priority.
Here is why -
Facebook posts circulating in Sri Lanka purport to show a photo of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in November 2021 meeting members of an opposition party that has been critical of his family's politics.
The claim is misleading; the photo was taken in March 2019, when Rajapaksa was leader of the opposition. A spokesperson for the JVP said on November 16 there had been no recent meeting between Rajapaksa and top party officials.
The meeting took place at the opposition leader's office, local TV news station Ada Derana reported on March 6, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3AzsoT65rw