Take off AI video of PM, his late mother, Patna HC tells Cong

The Patna High Court on Wednesday directed the Congress to take off from its social media handles an AI-generated video depicting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother.

Acting Chief Justice Punjab Baijanthri passed the order on a petition filed by Vivekanand Singh. In the petition, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, the Centre and the Election Commission were also named as respondents.

“The court, while ordering immediate withdrawal of the video, has also issued notices to Congress MP and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, Facebook, Twitter and Google,” EC’s counsel Siddharth Prasad said. The Bihar Congress had last week posted the video on its X handle, which portrayed Modi's mother criticising him for his politics. The party, however, claimed it did not disrespect Heeraben Modi anywhere in the video.