KATHMANDU: Despite repeated suggestions coming from the United States authorities on Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), digital sites are still flooded with fabricated news, false headlines, doctored photos, and videos.

Fictitious information is being presented in the guise of authentic news on several online news portals, particularly the less-popular ones.

In fact, the issue of MCC has become a trending topic in the country with false information, eye-popping headlines making it difficult for the readers to evaluate.

Several of such fake news seems to have disseminated in the pretext of ‘nationalism’ with a narrow mission to discredit the US efforts and assistance to Nepal.

In one of such news reports, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Agni Prasad Sapkota, has said that he would rather resign than endorse the MCC from the Parliament, which is fake news.

Speaker Sapkota has not said that he would not move forward with the MCC Compact in Parliament.

Likewise, another less-known digital news portal “Aafnokura.com”, has given a headline with Speaker Sapkota saying, “I would rather quit politics than to endorse the MCC”.

A news portal, “Sansar ko Khabar”, which is also not popular, says, “PM Deuba would resign if the MCC was not endorsed.”

“Poor Nepalis are not fortunate to get Rs 59 billion,” it also says.

@khabarhub January 17, 2022

Note--- May 20, 2023, new elections were held, new leadership came. Such news is still coming. Communists like Jhalnath Khanal, Narayanman Vijukche, Girirajmani Pokharel are still opposing the MCC. It is also seen that people are protesting at the MCC project site to build their political vote bank. There is a communist-led government, the communists are opposing the MCC. How to complete the MCC scheme quickly? I wonder why those who claim to be leaders are not focusing on improving the poor people and the country's economic situation.