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The Internet Remembers: DMK Spokie Salem Dharanidharan Making Oxford ‘Speaker’ Claim Busted By Netizens

November 12, 2024
The Commune

DMK spokesperson Salem Dharanidharan found himself in hot water after falsely claiming to have been a speaker at Oxford University. His social media post, which featured a picture of him in the audience, misled followers into thinking he had taken the stage.

However, a video swiftly surfaced, exposing Dharanidharan clapping from the crowd during a discussion, not as a speaker. The blatant dishonesty triggered waves of mockery from netizens, who quickly called out his attempt to shift the blame.

BJP Chief Annamalai At A Discussion At Oxford

A few days ago, clippings of BJP TN chief Annamalai’s speech/discussion at Oxford on the topic “From Service To Leadership” co-moderated by Professor of Politics and Public Policy Maya Tudor and Professor of Behavioural Economics and Public Policy Anandi Mani went viral on social media.

Not wanting to feel left out, DMK spokesperson Salem Dharanidharan, known for peddling fake news, claimed that he had “Been there, done that years ago“ and shared a picture from Oxford University.

In the picture, he seems to be seated in the audience listening to a panel discussion. But from his post, it seems that Dharanidharan claimed to have been a speaker himself at Oxford. 

In reality, this picture was from a discussion titled, “Campaigning for the future: smaller parties, women and minority candidates”, that took place 5 years ago in the same location.

Netizens questioned why he was in the audience seating rather than with the panel. Dharanidharan replied that it was their own assumption.

At this time, another netizen dug out the discussion video that Dharanidharan had claimed to have been a speaker at and busted his blatant lies.

In the video, Dharanidharan is seen clapping to the speakers’ comments while seated in the audience.

Netizen reactions following the busting of lies were hilarious. Here are a few:

When confronted with the video, as expected Dharanidharan tried to shift goalposts and blame the netizens.

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