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. “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.

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president Asaduddin Owaisi accused the BJP of fear-mongering, and said it was not doing so just for votes.

“…This is the repulsive Hindutva ideology in true form,” Owaisi said. “The very existence of Muslims in India is a problem for them, their dream is a Muslim-mukt Bharat. Besides this constant whining, they’ve no vision for India.”

However, Assam BJP spokesperson Rupam Goswami defended the video.

“If you see the demographic change in Assam, in 14 districts, there is an alarming situation,” The Indian Express quoted Goswami as saying. “The threat is not from Muslims, but from illegal immigrant Muslims. We have to be conscious of it. They have become economically strong, they are damaging us socially, and they will take away our political rights.”

The BJP Assam Pradesh account, which has over 2 lakh followers, has previously shared several similar AI-generated videos, including ones showing Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi wearing a skullcap and speaking on the phone with Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir.

Also read: Opinion: In Assam, vicious communal rhetoric is putting democracy at risk

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