'Doctored Manifesto': Cong's Dig At Modi As Delhi Police Trends On X After Action In Amit Shah Fake Video Case

Amid the controversy over Amit Shah's fake video, the Congress has hit out at PM Modi for "doctoring" the Congress Manifesto in his election speeches.

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh.

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Amit Shah fake video case: The Congress on Friday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the Delhi Police arrested the handler of a pro-Congress X handle, Arun Reddy, for sharing a doctored clip of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. At least four arrests have been made in the case so far. Earlier, two persons from Gujarat and one from Assam had been arrested in the Amit Shah fake video case. 

After Reddy's arrest, #DelhiPolice started trending on X (formerly Twitter). Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and four other Congress leaders have also been summoned in the case. Earlier the X handle of Jharkhand Congress was withheld in response to a complaint pertaining to the case after it shared the fake video.

The Delhi police is arresting people on the grounds that they doctored a video. What about a person who is going round the country doctoring a Nyay Patra and spreading a pandemic of lies?

— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) May 3, 2024

Soon after #DelhiPolice started trending on X, Congress spokesperson Jairam Ramesh posted: "The Delhi police is arresting people on the grounds that they doctored a video. What about a person who is going round the country doctoring a Nyay Patra and spreading a pandemic of lies? [sic]" He was clearly referring to PM Modi who in his recent election speeches falsely claimed that the Congress in its manifesto mentioned that it would conduct surveys of the properties of Hindus and redistribute their wealth among Muslims. He also said that even the 'mangalsutra' of women would be snatched if the Congress came to power.

कांग्रेस की अर्बन नक्सल सोच की नजर अब मेरी माताओं-बहनों के मंगलसूत्र पर है। क्या ऐसी कांग्रेस पर मेरे परिवारजन कभी भरोसा करेंगे। pic.twitter.com/sdPRObgbha

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 21, 2024

Priyanka Gandhi hit back at PM Modi, saying that her mother (Sonia Gandhi) had sacrificed her 'mangalsutra' for the nation while her grandmother, former PM Indira Gandhi, had donated all her jewellery when the country was in crisis.

कांग्रेस ने 55 साल में क्या किसी का सोना या मंगलसूत्र छीना? जब देश युद्ध लड़ रहा था, इंदिरा जी ने अपना मंगलसूत्र व गहने दान किए। लाखों महिलाओं ने इस देश के लिए अपने मंगलसूत्र कुर्बान किए। जब मेरी बहनों को नोटबंदी में अपने मंगलसूत्र गिरवी रखने पड़े, तब प्रधानमंत्री जी कहां थे? जब… pic.twitter.com/E5cfHZoJRR

— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) April 23, 2024

Amit Shah's Fake Video

After Amit Shah's doctored video went viral, the Union Home Minister addressed a press conference in Assam's Guwahati where he played the original videos alongside the doctored clip to prove that the viral one was fake. The viral clip portrayed him as saying that the BJP would snatch away the "illegal rights of people from the OBC and SC/ST communities".

Soon after the clip went viral police forces in various states, including the Delhi Police, sprung into action to prosecute those who spread the video.