‘Unauthorised’: BJP Assam Sacks Social Media Member After AI Video Shows Himanta Aiming Gun At Men

Final Up to date:February 11, 2026, 23:54 IST

The video, posted final Saturday on the official X deal with of Assam BJP with the caption “Level clean shot”, was deleted the next day.

The video exhibits a picture of Assam CM Himanta Sarma taking pictures at {a photograph}. (Screenshot)

The Assam unit of the Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) eliminated one among 4 co-conveners from its social media division following backlash over a video that depicted Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma aiming a rifle at two males, one among whom bears resemblance to Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi.

The video, posted final Saturday on the official X (previously Twitter) deal with of Assam BJP with the caption “Level clean shot”, was deleted the next day. The publish confirmed digitally manipulated photos of the Chief Minister showing to shoot at {a photograph} of the 2 males, concluding with a picture of Himanta Biswa Sarma dressed as a cowboy wielding a gun.

Assam BJP president Dilip Saikia confirmed the elimination to The Indian Categorical, characterizing the publish as an “immature” and “unauthorised” motion.

“The celebration is anxious about unlawful immigrant Bangladeshis in Assam, and for that, there needs to be a motion within the society. However the celebration doesn’t help the thought of a mala fide intent of focusing on Muslims with bullets. It was mishandled by an immature and unauthorised individual,” Saikia acknowledged.

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma distanced himself from the video, claiming no prior information of its creation or posting.

“We now have registered an FIR,” he stated, referring to a criticism filed by Congress MLAs, including, “The truth is, one among our BJP folks has additionally filed a case, saying that this can be a video about which we’re indignant as a result of in Assam, all people is aware of that we aren’t in opposition to Assamese Muslims. We’re in opposition to Bangladeshi Muslims, whom we name Miya Muslims.”

The controversy marks the second time in current months that the Assam BJP’s X deal with has confronted scrutiny. In September 2025, the account posted an AI-generated video titled “Assam with out BJP”, accompanied by textual content references to “beef legalisation” and “unlawful immigrants.” The Supreme Courtroom subsequently issued a discover in October on a petition looking for elimination of the video.

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