On Sunday, Congress social media director Supriya Srinath wrote to X that simply deleting the video is just not sufficient. “That is the actual id of the Bharatiya Janata Occasion. It’s a mass assassin. This venom, hatred and violence rests on Mr. Modi. Are the courts and different establishments asleep?”
KC Venugopal, basic secretary answerable for the Congress group, blamed the Bharatiya Janata Occasion for the controversial video, saying, “That is nothing however a name for genocide, a dream that this fascist regime has had for many years.”
“This isn’t a innocent video to be ignored as troll content material. It’s toxic materials being unfold from the highest and there should be penalties for this,” he posted on X.
The official deal with of the BJP posted a video displaying focused “point-blank” killings of minorities. That is nothing however a name to genocide, a dream that this fascist regime has had for many years.
This isn’t a innocent video that may be dismissed as troll content material. It is spreading poison… pic.twitter.com/8mHxo4UjZV
— KC Venugopal (@kcvenugopalmp) February 8, 2026
Mr Sarma has attacked Mr Gogoi and his British spouse Elizabeth Colburn, a British citizen, over their hyperlinks to the Pakistani institution. The state authorities has even fashioned a Particular Investigation Workforce (SIT) to analyze allegations of interference in India’s inside affairs.
On Friday, Sarma introduced at a press convention that the Assam authorities had determined at hand over the case to the Ministry of Dwelling Affairs (MHA), asserting that it will not be attainable for the state-level investigating company to take the investigation past a sure level because it “wants the help of Interpol”.
Gogoi has alleged that Sarma disguised a private journey he took along with his spouse to Pakistan in 2013 to divert consideration from corruption allegations linked to the Bharatiya Janata Occasion chief’s household.
Congress leaders termed Sarma’s claims “ridiculous and preposterous”, including that they had been akin to a “C-movie”.
I really feel sorry for the journalists in Delhi and Assam who needed to undergo essentially the most botched press convention of this century. This was worse than a C grade movie show. Probably the most ill-advised and bogus level from a so-called politically astute Prime Minister. this #superflop In distinction to ours…
— Gaurav Gogoi (@GauravGogoiAsm) February 8, 2026
The difficulty of infiltration from Bangladesh has emerged as a significant ballot plank of the Bharatiya Janata Occasion in states, significantly in Assam, the place it has lengthy been thought of a menace to Assamese id and tradition. Assam shares over 260 km of land and river border with Bangladesh.
Since becoming a member of the Bharatiya Janata Occasion from the Congress in 2015, Sarma has used his strident rhetoric to painting infiltration in Bangladesh as an existential menace.
Sarma sparked controversy late final month when he spoke of the necessity to “carry difficulties to Miyas,” a derogatory time period typically used to discuss with Assam’s Bengali-speaking Muslims, and recommended an financial boycott as a type of stress.
“If we wish to reside for the following 30 years, we’ve to apply the politics of polarization… However polarization is just not between Hindus and Muslims. It’s between Assamese and Bangladeshis. We’re not combating Assamese Muslims. We’re combating solely Bangladeshi Muslims,” Sarma stated.
Though Sarma has sought to emphasise the excellence between Muslims of Assam and people of Bangladeshi origin in his public statements, that is hardly mirrored within the BJP’s political rhetoric, together with its social media content material, which is essentially devoid of such nuance.
For instance, in September final 12 months, the Bharatiya Janata Occasion in Assam posted on X an AI-generated visible of a future the place Muslims had taken over the state. The footage confirmed an aged Muslim man chopping meat outside, a person carrying a cranium cap and a girl carrying a hijab crowding public locations and taking up state land.
It additionally portrayed Gogoi and Lok Sabha opposition chief Rahul Gandhi as Muslims with ties to Pakistan. Gogoi is continuously known as ‘Paijaan’ and the savior of the ‘Miya household’ in Assam Bharatiya Janata Occasion’s social media posts.
The Congress’ Assam unit had filed a police grievance towards the BJP, accusing the ruling get together of utilizing AI-generated movies to fire up communal rigidity forward of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) elections.
In line with the 2011 census, Muslims make up 34 p.c of Assam’s inhabitants. In line with the census outcomes, Muslims kind the bulk in Dhubri, Goalpara, Barpeta, Morigaon, Nagaon, Karimganj, Khairanchandi, Bhogaigaon and Dharan districts.
Elections to the 126-member Assam Meeting are more likely to be held in March-April this 12 months.
