Gujarat Police arrest two Congress, AAP workers over video of Shah
Two more persons, political functionaries from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Congress party, were arrested on Tuesday in Gujarat for allegedly posting a “doctored video” of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s April 23 speech in Telangana regarding reservation. A day ago, the Assam Police arrested Reetam Singh, a lawyer at the Gauhati High Court working as the Congress’s Assam war room coordinator.
Mr. Shah appealed for information on the people who were disseminating the doctored video. “If you come across any such fake video anywhere, please inform us about the details of the disseminator. We will take strict action against the culprits,” the Minister said in a post on X.
“The Congress has now
Amit Shah
resorted to misleading citizens with fake videos out of panic and fear of defeat. The right to reservations in the country belongs to SC, ST and OBC brothers and sisters, and as long as the BJP government is in oce, no one can change it. The INDIA Alliance has given reservations to Muslims, reducing the share of SCs, STs and OBCs. Congress is misleading people by editing a speech of mine in which I committed to abolishing the unconstitutional reservations for Muslims. Directions have been issued to the police to address this issue as per the law,” Mr. Shah said.
Since Sunday, the police in Delhi, Assam, Maharashtra and Gujarat have led four separate cases in connection with the video. Most persons named in the rst information reports (FIRs) were Opposition party workers who shared the post on social media platforms X and Facebook. The police are yet to arrest the person who created the video.
While in the doctored video, Mr. Shah was heard saying the BJP intended to eradicate reservations for SCs, STs, and OBCs, in the original video, he said the party intended to remove the 4% reservation for Muslims in Telangana. The Delhi Police have issued summons to Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy as the video was shared from the Telengana Congress’s handle as well.