After backlash, Assam BJP removes social media post showing CM Sarma ‘shooting’ at Muslims

The Assam unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has deleted a video that it had posted on its X handle on Saturday that depicted Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma symbolically firing at images of two Muslim men at point-blank range.

The clip was deleted following social media criticism. It combined what appeared to be original footage of the BJP leader handling rifles with artificial intelligence-generated images portraying Muslims as targets.

On-screen text included slogans such as “foreigner free Assam”, “No mercy”, “Why did you not go to Pakistan?” and “There is no forgiveness to Bangladeshis”.

Trinamool Congress MP Sagarika Ghose described the video as “shameful” and demanded that those responsible be immediately arrested.

In a subsequent social media post, she alleged that the BJP’s Assam unit had committed offences under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, saying it amounted to “clear incitement to violence”, and added that deleting the video would not absolve those involved.

The @BJP4India Assam has committed a UAPA offence and is guilty of clear incitement to violence. Can’t get away with deleting the ad. Also attracts 152, 156 and 192 BNS. Exemplary punishment must be given in this case.— Sagarika Ghose (@sagarikaghose) February 8, 2026

Congress leader Supriya Shrinate said that deleting the video was insufficient, stating that the content reflected “venom, hatred and violence” and questioning the response of...

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