{"id":306081,"date":"2025-10-13T21:08:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T15:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=306081"},"modified":"2026-05-07T10:57:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T05:27:38","slug":"scrolling-through-assam-bjps-x-handle-an-exhibition-of-hate-xenophobia-anti-muslim-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/scrolling-through-assam-bjps-x-handle-an-exhibition-of-hate-xenophobia-anti-muslim-propaganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Scrolling through Assam BJP’s X handle: An exhibition of hate, xenophobia & anti-Muslim propaganda"},"content":{"rendered":"

How far is taking something too far during election campaigning? With each social media post, Bharatiya Janata Party\u2019s Assam unit hits a new low.<\/p>\n

Over the past several weeks, Assam BJP has incessantly shared posts on X targeting Muslims. So much so that on October 7, the Supreme Court issued a notice<\/a> to BJP Assam Pradesh (@BJP4Assam) and social media platform X to respond to pleas seeking the removal of a post that vilified Muslims in the state. The public interest litigation was filed by former Patna high court judge Anjana Prakash and journalist Qurban Ali and sought the removal of a September 15 post by the party unit, which the applicants believed was provocative and went against the secular fabric of the nation.<\/p>\n

On September 18, Congress\u2019s Assam unit also filed<\/a> a complaint against BJP Assam with the state police for the same post. Congress\u2019s FIR said that such content was akin to \u201cpromoting enmity between religious groups, and violation of the model code of conduct\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Post That Sparked Controversy<\/b><\/h4>\n

On September 15, the X account of BJP Assam Pradesh shared an AI-generated video showing a glimpse of \u201cAssam without BJP\u201d.<\/p>\n

The video, meant to target the Congress and its leader, Gaurav Gogoi, had visuals of Muslims crowding the state. It implied that if the BJP wasn\u2019t ruling Assam, not only would beef be legalised, but the Congress party would run the state with Pakistan\u2019s interests in mind.<\/p>\n

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The video showed Muslim \u201cinfiltrators\u201d entering the state and acquiring government land. The AI footage also showed men in skull caps, beards and lungis chopping beef by the roadside while Muslim men and burqa-clad women crowded the state\u2019s tea estates and public spaces, such as the Guwahati airport, theme park, zoo, stadium and the town. The 31-second ad ended with the warning that without the BJP, Assam would have a 90% Muslim population. \u201cChoose your vote carefully,\u201d it said. The caption read, \u201cWe can\u2019t let this dream of Paaijaan to be true!!\u201d<\/p>\n

The post had nearly 5 million views and 19,000 likes at the time this article was written. As of October 9, the post had been deleted. Here’s an archived version<\/a> of the post and below is a screen recording of the post when it was live.<\/p>\n