Former Chief Minister Harish Rawat accused the BJP and protested against them over a viral reel created using AI. He also went to the Nehru Colony police station to file an FIR. There, he accused the BJP of appeasing Muslims.
Rawat said that the BJP had spread lies in 2017 as well, claiming that he had declared a holiday for Friday prayers. He said they lied again in 2022, claiming that the Congress had promised to open a Muslim university if they came to power. Now, he said, they are using AI to level false accusations against him. He added that he had undertaken two “Proof of Truth” journeys, but the BJP had offered no response.
He said he is being called a traitor and accused of providing information to Pakistan. He alleged that the BJP is once again resorting to lies by creating this propaganda using AI. This time, he said, he has decided that he will expose the BJP’s lies, even if it costs him his life. He vowed that they would not allow the BJP’s lies to prevail this time.
The AI-generated reel reportedly begins with Rawat saying, “Muslim Sharanam Gacchami, Mazar Sharanam Gacchami, Love Jihad Sharanam Gacchami” (I take refuge in Muslims, I take refuge in shrines, I take refuge in ‘Love Jihad’). Subsequent images show the construction of a shrine and some people smiling and talking about transforming Uttarakhand’s “Land of Gods” into a “Land of Shrines.”
The reel ends with Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami walking with police and a bulldozer. The 29-second reel states, “The Congress, blinded by its lust for power, has always cared only about the chair, even if it means compromising the sanctity of the Devbhoomi (Land of Gods). In its greed for vote bank politics, the Congress completely changed the demography of the hills, but no more
