NEW DELHI — Facing a political firestorm, the Bihar Congress on Friday initiated an internal inquiry to identify and penalise those who authored and shared an AI-generated video on social media that appears to show characters resembling Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother, Heeraben.
Congress leaders argued that the clip was intended as satire on campaign tactics rather than a personal attack. They questioned whether the BJP was suppressing dissent ahead of elections.
“It is the duty of parents to educate their children. She (PM Modi’s late mother) is only educating her child, and if the child thinks that it is disrespectful towards him, it is his headache,” said Congress leader Pawan Khera.
On Wednesday, the Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee posted the 36-second clip, marked “AI GENERATED”, depicting a character resembling Prime Minister Modi dreaming of his late mother.
In the clip, the mother scolds the PM for invoking her name for electoral gain and mocks the alleged “vote chori (theft of votes)” tactics.
BJP MP from Hamirpur, Anurag Thakur, described the AI video as an “insult” to Bihar’s cultural heritage.
Meanwhile, despite ordering an internal probe, the Congress aims to portray the BJP’s reaction as opportunistic victimhood, arguing that the video debate diverts attention from ground-level grievances in Bihar’s hinterlands.
Assembly elections are expected in Bihar later this year. — With inputs from IANS
