Assam BJP shares AI video of CM Himanta aiming rifle at Muslims; Congress alleges ‘genocide call’

Calling the BJP “mass murderers,” Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said merely taking the video was not enough. “This is who the BJP really is: Mass murderers. This venom, hatred and violence is on you, Mr Modi. Are the courts and other institutions sleeping?” she said on X.

Journalist Rana Ayyub said the video depicted the deprivity of BJP’s top leaders.

“Hate to amplify this but just exposes the depravity from the top. BJP twitter handle shares a meme of Himanta Biswa firing a bullet at Muslims while Prime Minister Modi talks about a grand reception in muslim majority, Malaysia,” she said in a post on X.

The video came as Assam CM has been facing criticism for his series of “hate speech” against the Bengali-speaking Muslim community of Assam.

Speaking on the special revision of electoral rolls in Assam, Himanta said that “four lakh to five lakh Miya voters” will be deleted from the electoral rolls and added his job was to “make them suffer.”

Miya is a derogatory term used to refer to Bengali-speaking Muslims in Assam.

“What ‘vote chori’ [vote theft] means to us? Yes, we are trying to steal some Miya votes. Ideally, they should not be allowed to vote in Assam. They should be able to vote in Bangladesh,” Sarma said.

Earlier, he said notices regarding the electoral roll revision were being served only to Miyas.

“Which Hindu has got notice? Which Assamese Muslim has got notice? Notices have been served to Miyas and such people, else they will walk over our heads,” he said.

The comments triggered outrage from various corners with rights activist and lawyer Harsh Mander filing a police complaint against the chief minister and Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind approaching the Supreme Court stating that the comments were communal, unconstitutional, and amount to hate speech by a person holding a high constitutional office.