Congress leaders get notice from X over Amit Shah’s ‘edited’ video, claims party

The Congress party claimed that some of its leaders received notices from the social media platform X on Wednesday for sharing certain video clips of Union Home Minister Amit Shah on their handles.

This comes after the BJP alleged that Congress was sharing edited videos of Amit Shah’s speech about BR Ambedkar in Rajya Sabha. Sources claimed that the notice was issued to Congress handles at the request of the Union Home Ministry.

A massive political row erupted after the Congress had on Tuesday shared a clip of Shah’s speech to accuse him of insulting Ambedkar, the architect of the Indian Constitution. The BJP launched a counter-offensive, with even Prime Minister Narendra Modi stepping in to counter the allegations.

The video shared by Congress showed Amit Shah saying, “It has become a fashion to say Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar’. If they had taken God’s name so many times, they would have got a place in heaven in all seven lives”. Congress targeted the BJP, saying this was an insult to Ambedkar.

The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, called it an attempt to “erase Ambedkar’s contribution and the Constitution, which the whole country knows.” Alleging that the BJP intends to change the Constitution, he demanded an apology from Shah. Other Congress leaders, including Mallikarjun Kharge and Priyanka Gandhi, echoed similar sentiments, with other INDIA bloc parties also joining in.

The BJP and Amit Shah strongly opposed Congress’s charges, alleging manipulation of the video clip. The Home Minister stated, “The BJP will examine all legal options. Whatever legal action can be taken inside and outside Parliament, all possibilities will be considered”.

“Congress used its old tricks and made an effort to mislead society by presenting twisted facts,” Shah said, adding that he comes from a party that will never insult Ambedkar.

Prime Minister Modi hit out at the Congress, saying its “rotten ecosystem” and “malicious lies” cannot hide its misdeeds and said the home minister had exposed the opposition party’s “dark history of insulting” Ambedkar.