IANS | 30 Apr, 2024
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the top leadership of the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday severely criticised the Congress, alleging
that the party is "misleading the public" through fake videos.
"Modi
is tirelessly working day and night to change your lives, while the
opposition, the INDI Agadhi, is using all its strength to change Modi
instead," the Prime Minister said while addressing an election rally in
Maharashtra's Dharashiv on Tuesday.
Accusing the Congress of
"scaring" the public "sometimes in the name of democracy, sometimes in
the name of the Constitution, and sometimes in the name of reservation",
PM Modi said the party is "furious" with him for having exposed all the
scams.
"Now they've even opened a shop for fake videos. Serious
allegations have been levelled against the Congress and its members for
creating fake videos. I ask you, should the shops of those selling such
lies be closed or not," PM Modi asked the gathering.
The Prime Minister was expressing his concerns over the misuse of technology for the second time in less than 24 hours.
"This
is the age of social media and technology. Those who are defeated in
polls are using technology to create fake videos. By using AI, my voice
is faked and videos are being circulated. If you come across any such
videos, inform the party or the police," he said while addressing a
rally in Karnataka's Bagalkot on Monday.
A doctored video of Union
Home Minister Amit Shah also went viral on social media recently, where
his statement indicating a commitment to abolishing reservation quotas
for Muslims was changed to make it seem that he was advocating the
scrapping of reservations entirely.
The BJP, while sharing the original video with the public, said that it has exposed the falsehoods spread by the Congress.
Addressing
a press conference at the BJP state office in Guwahati on Tuesday, Amit
Shah said the Congress' attempt to "disseminate fake videos to garner
fake public support" is highly condemnable.
Several BJP state units also took to social media, blaming the Congress for the fake video of Home Minister Shah.
"FIRs
have been filed across the country and legal action has been initiated.
Please send us details of anyone posting this video on social media and
we will proceed legally. We remain steadfast in our commitment to rid
the public discourse of fake news," BJP's West Bengal unit posted on X.
