On October 27, the United Kingdom got its first non-white Prime Minister in Rishi Sunak. At 42, the former chancellor of the exchequer also became Britain’s youngest Prime Minister in recent history. Against this backdrop, several videos of him have surfaced on social media with a wide range of claims. A video of Rishi Sunak lighting diyas outside his home is circulating with the claim that it shows the new UK PM performing Diwali rituals. Some users have claimed that Sunak performed these traditions before entering his new office, while some said that he had performed these rituals after becoming the PM outside 11 Downing Street, his former home. User @ThisIsAfricaTIA tweeted the video and garnered almost 40K likes and over 8K retweets. (Archive) The new UK PM performing his spiritual/traditional rituals before entering his new office. We have largely abandoned ours. pic.twitter.com/QMkeAkDkSC — This Is Africa (@ThisIsAfricaTIA) October 25, 2022 News24 tweeted the video with the caption “ब्रिटेन के नए PM ऋषि सुनक ने लंदन के 11 डाउनिंग स्ट्रीट पर अपने घर के बाहर दिए जलाए”. (Archive) ब्रिटेन के नए PM ऋषि सुनक ने लंदन के 11 डाउनिंग स्ट्रीट पर अपने घर के बाहर दिए जलाए @RishiSunak #Diwali #RishiSunakPM pic.twitter.com/3Xkty9Rkxj — News24 (@news24tvchannel) October 25, 2022 It must be noted that 10 Downing Street is the official residence and office of the British Prime Minister while 11 Downing Street is the official residence of Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer, a post that Sunak held from February 13, 2020, to July 5, 2022. Stills from the video have been shared on Facebook. Upon reverse image searching stills from the video, we found a video tweeted by Rishi Sunak’s official handle wherein he talks about Diwali festivities at his house at “No. 11” or 11 Downing Street. The video was uploaded on November 14, 2020, and is captioned, “I’ve placed our rangoli outside No.11, the mithai are set to be delivered and the family Zoom is booked in….”. In between his interview, the viral video is played where he can be seen placing the diyas and the rangoli on the street. In November 2020, Sunak held the post of Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer. (Archive) I’ve placed our rangoli outside No.11, the mithai are set to be delivered and the family Zoom is booked in. I know things will feel a bit different, and it’s hard not to be able to see family, but we will get through this together. Happy Diwali everyone! pic.twitter.com/4lDI8bH1HJ — Rishi Sunak (@RishiSunak) November 14, 2020 This incident was covered by major newspapers in 2020. The Guardian used a picture of Sunak lighting the diyas in a November 2020 report. ‘The UK chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has urged fellow Hindus to ‘follow the rules’ during Diwali as he lit small clay oil lamps on the doorstep of his official residence at 11 Downing Street to mark the beginning of the five-day festival of lights,’ it said. NDTV also used a picture of Sunak lighting the diyas in their reportage of this incident. ‘Rishi Sunak Lights Diya On Downing Street In London Ahead Of Diwali’ reads their headline. Images of then chancellor Rishi Sunak lighting diyas for Diwali at his Downing Street residence on November 12, 2020, can also be found on Getty Images. Thus it is clear that an old image of the present British PM lighting diyas has been circulating as a recent photograph. A video of a man dancing at a club has gone viral with the claim that he is British PM Rishi Sunak. User @Schandillia tweeted the video and garnered 3.6k likes. (Archive) In case anyone were curious about what chaddi the new British PM wears… pic.twitter.com/Hp5VkR59O5 — Amit Schandillia (@Schandillia) October 24, 2022 User @benallaoff tweeted the video and garnered 3.2k likes. (Archive) PREMIER MINISTRE !!! 🇬🇧🙃 🥳🎉🥂🍾 pic.twitter.com/4XXlLLSvXJ — Alexandre Benalla 🇫🇷 (@benallaoff) October 24, 2022 Users @CaptainGzb and @mdenaxa also tweeted the video. (Archives- 1, 2) It has also been shared on Facebook. Upon reverse image searching the key-frames of the video, we found a January 2022 article by Ladbible titled ‘Rishi Sunak Lookalike ‘Raving Rishi’ Raves At Wayne Lineker’s Ibiza Club’. The report talks about an unnamed man resembling Rishi Sunak dancing at a club in Ibiza referring to a video uploaded by the club owner, Wayne Lineker, on January 21, 2022. According to the article, the video was posted by Wayne in response to news that clubs in Ibiza will be able to open in April. A post shared by Wayne Lineker (@waynelineker) The video was jokingly re-posted by Lineker in July 2022, while Rishi Sunak was campaigning for the office of the Prime Minister. A post shared by Wayne Lineker (@waynelineker) Lineker originally uploaded the video on July 12, 2019, with the caption “Life’s good right now!!”.