Congress accuses Assam BJP of ‘spreading venom’ through AI-generated video, seeks EC action

The Congress on Wednesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party in Assam of “spreading venom” in society through a social media video, and urged the Election Commission to take note of it.

Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate objected to a 36-second artificial intelligence-generated video shared by the Assam BJP on X. The video, titled “Assam without BJP”, showed a series of visuals of Muslims in public places in Assam, and appeared to suggest that the state would be overrun by the minority community if the Hindutva party were to lose power.

The video showed AI-generated images of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Assam Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi standing before a Pakistan flag, and a butcher in a skullcap under the label “beef legalisation”. It ended with the lines “90% Muslim population” and “choose your vote carefully”.

Shrinate asked whether the Election Commission had no objection to such a video.

“The BJP is spreading venom in this manner,” she said said, “Gyanesh ji [Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar], will you, as usual, consider this as acceptable and remain a mute spectator?”

Assam Congress leader Bedabrata Bora said the party would file a police complaint against the BJP at the Bhangagarh police station in Guwahati on Thursday, The Indian Express reported.

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