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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice on a plea seeking the removal of an AI-generated video posted on X by the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Assam unit. The video allegedly depicted a scenario suggesting that Muslims would take over the state if the party lost the elections. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta issued notice on the application and posted it for hearing on October 28.The application, according to news agency PTI, claimed that the BJP's Assam unit on September 15, 2025 circulated a video showing a "grossly false narrative that depicts the takeover of Assam by Muslims if the BJP doesn't remain in power in Assam" on its official X handle BJP Assam Pradesh.The video, titled “Assam without BJP,” was posted on BJP’s official X handle on September 15 and depicts a scenario where Muslims dominate public spaces in Assam, including tea gardens and airports, and suggests the legalisation of beef.The video was captioned: "We can't let this dream of paijan to be true' and an appeal to people to ''choose to vote carefully".The BJP has been referring to Gogoi as 'paijan' ever since chief minister Himanta Biswa accused him of having alleged links with Pakistan's ISI.Reacting to the video, Gogoi claimed, "The words, actions and images produced by the BJP IT cell do not have the strength to scratch the surface of Assamese society."
Congress claimed the video is designed to damage the reputation of Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Gaurav Gogoi and spread communal hatred by exaggerating the Muslim population in Assam to 90 per cent. The Congress party also registered a police complaint, accusing BJP’s Assam Pradesh social media department of "criminal conspiracy, abetment, promoting enmity between religious groups".The complaint specifically names BJP state president Dilip Saikia and other BJP social media campaigners in Assam. Police have stated that the allegations are under investigation.Senior BJP leader and Assam information minister Pijush Hazarika responded by accusing Congress of attempting to intimidate those who speak against illegal infiltrators and demographic changes. Congress’s media department chairperson Bedabrat Bora, who filed the complaint, said the video promotes fear and hatred against Muslims and misrepresents India’s constitutional values. |
