PM Modi Mother Ai Video: Patna high court orders Congress to remove AI video on PM Narendra Modi’s mother | Patna News
Screengrabs from the AI video shared by Bihar Congress
NEW DELHI: The Patna high court on Wednesday directed the Congress party to take out the controversial AI-generated video depicting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother in a ‘derogatory manner’ from its social media handles.It also issued notices to Facebook, Twitter and Google, directing them to file their replies within three weeks, ahead of the next day of hearing.A division bench of acting Chief Justice PB Bajanthri and Justice Alok Kumar Sinha passed the order while hearing a writ petition filed by advocate Vivekanand Singh and others.The petitioner’s counsel Pravin Kumar called the video a “defamatory publication” and violative of restraints placed on political parties under the Representation of the People Act.In the petition, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, the Union govt and the Election Commission were also named as respondents.
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Seeking to target the PM, the Bihar Congress had last week posted the video on its X handle, with a prompt in Hindi, “
Sahab ke sapno mein aayi maa. Dekhiye rochak samvaad
. (Mother came in sahab’s dream. Watch an interesting interaction between them.)The video portrayed Modi’s mother criticising him for his politics. The BJP and its allies lashed out at the Congress over the video, while protests broke out across the country.The Congress maintained that no disrespect was shown to the PM or his mother.
