Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Amit Malviya, the IT cell chief of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accused the Congress of using "deepfakes" to "mislead" people after its leaders shared a video in which BJP's Azamgarh MP Dinesh Lal Yadav, popularly known as Nirahua, allegedly made controversial remarks. In the video that's gone immensely viral, Yadav can be allegedly heard saying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath did their bit to curb unemployment by not choose to procreate.
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BJP claims video is deepfake, complaint filed against Congress' Srinvias BV with EC
Taking to X, Amit Malviya alleged that the video circulated by the Congress leaders was fake and that Yadav will file an FIR against Indian Youth Congress (IYC) national president Srinivas BV for sharing the clip.
"This video is fake. The Congress, like in MP, is using deepfakes to mislead people, create unrest and sow divisions in the society. Dinesh Lal Yadav, BJP MP from Azamgarh, is filing FIR against IYC President, who is a habitual offender. Complaint also being filed with @ECISVEEP. We have all screenshots (with time stamp) and video recordings for a legal case," Malviya said in the post.
'Those who continue to have multiple children...'
In the video, Yadav allegedly said, "Modi Ji and Yogi Ji have addressed the unemployment issue because they themselves do not have any children. On the contrary, those who continue to have multiple children are contributing to the rise in unemployment."
Reacting to the controversy, the Bhojpuri star-turned-politician said, "Promoting fake videos has become a trend for @INCIndia people, anyone who sees it will understand that the lips are saying something else. What do you want to prove by cloning the sound with AI @srinivasiyc."
The BJP has remoninated Bhojpuri sensation Dinesh Lal Yadav, popularly known as 'Nirahua,' as its Azamgarh constituency candidate in Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections. He will be contesting again from the bastion of the Samajwadi Party (SP) in the general polls.
In the 2022 by-elections, he defeated SP's Dharmendra Yadav by a margin of nearly 9,000 votes. SP chief Akhilesh Yadav who had previously won the seat in 2019, later vacated it after winning an assembly seat in the UP assembly elections held the same year.
