The Delhi Police on Saturday registered a first information report (FIR) against the Congress after its Bihar unit shared an AI-generated video on social media, allegedly mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his mother, Heeraben Modi. The case was registered at the North Avenue Police Station following a complaint by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Delhi Election Cell convenor Sanket Gupta.
In his complaint, which was registered under sections 318(2), 336(3)(4), 340(2), 352, 356(2), and 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with relevant provisions of the IT Act and the Digital Data Protection Act, Gupta said that objectionable remarks were also made against PM Modi's mother during an event organised by Congress at Darbhanga in poll-bound Bihar last month.
The 36-second video, marked "AI GENERATED", was shared by Congress' Bihar unit on September 12. "Sahab ke sapne mein aayi maa. Dekhiye rochak samwad," the party said in Hindi, while sharing the video on 'X' (previously Twitter).
BJP hits out at Congress
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took this opportunity to attack the grand old party, with party spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla saying that Congress has crossed "all the limits". "This party has become 'Gaaliwadi' instead of Gandhiwadi," he said in an 'X' post.
Party leader Ram Kadam also attacked Congress and said that a mother is 'revered as a form of God'. "The respected Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi ji, has lost his mother. To drag her memory into the dirty politics of Bihar reflects a truly disgraceful mentality. This is not our ‘sanskars’, it is theirs," he told news agency PTI.
BJP MP Anurag Thakur also criticised Congress, accusing it of playing low-level politics by circulating an AI-generated video of PM Modi and his mother. "In everyone's life, the place of a mother is paramount, but Congress and RJD have stooped so low that they are using ill words about the late mother of the Prime Minister. Through this AI-generated video, the mentality of Congress and RJD is visible. Is it necessary to abuse anyone's mother in politics?" he said on Saturday.
