The Assam unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has claimed that a post on its X handle showing Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma symbolically firing at two Muslim men was “unauthorised”, The Indian Express reported on Thursday.
One of the four co-convenors of the Assam BJP’s social media cell has been removed from his position in connection with the video. State BJP chief Dilip Saikia told the newspaper that the post by the co-convener was “immature” and “unauthorised”.
A first information report has also been registered in connection with the video, PTI quoted Sarma as saying
The video, which was posted by the Assam unit of the BJP on Saturday, has since been deleted following criticism.
The clip combined what appeared to be original footage of the chief minister 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”.
The Opposition Congress and the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen filed complaints with the police against Sarma and the BJP for the video. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India also moved the Supreme Court.
The co-convenor of the Assam BJP’s social media cell, who was removed after the video received criticism, was among four party workers appointed...
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