New Delhi:
Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has been summoned by the Delhi Police on Wednesday in reference to a doctored video of Home Minister Amit Shah. Four different folks, all from Telangana, have additionally been served notices to affix the enquiry into the case.
The video was allegedly shared by the official X deal with of Telangana Congress, after which many occasion leaders reposted the video, claiming it confirmed the BJP’s “agenda to abolish SC/ST reservation quotas”.
The Delhi Police registered a case on the edited video being broadly circulating on social media platforms after complaints by the BJP and the Home Ministry. In the altered video, the Home Minister was seen advocating for the abolition of reservation quotas for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), and Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
After the complaints, the police filed a case underneath Sections 153, 153A, 465, 469, 171G of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and part 66C of the Information Technology (IT) Act and a probe was initiated. The police additionally despatched notices to the X and Facebook looking for data on the accounts that uploaded and shared the video.
 The BJP has claimed that the video was manipulated to distort Mr Shah’s unique statements made throughout a political rally.
“The Congress is spreading an edited video which is completely fake and has the potential to cause large-scale violence. Home Minister Amit Shah spoke about removing the unconstitutional reservation given to Muslims, on the basis of religion, after reducing the share of SCs/STs and OBCs,” stated BJP spokesperson Amit Malviya.
Mr Malviya claimed the “fake video” was posted by a number of Congress spokespersons. “They must be prepared for legal consequences,” he posted on X.
.@INCTelangana is spreading an edited video, which is totally faux and has the potential to trigger giant scale violence.
Home Minister Amit Shah spoke about eradicating the unconstitutional reservation given to Muslims, on the premise of faith, after decreasing share of SCs/STs and… pic.twitter.com/5plMsEHCe3— Amit Malviya (मोदी का परिवार) (@amitmalviya) April 27, 2024
Amid the raging controversy, Amit Shah on Sunday reaffirmed that so long as the BJP-led NDA was in energy, there could be no rethink on reservations or quotas to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes. He additionally focused Congress chief Rahul Gandhi over his cost that the BJP desires to take again reservations if elected for a 3rd time period.
“Rahul Gandhi is trying to mislead people by spreading canards against us. The BJP has been at the helm of this country for 10 years now and was elected with absolute majority twice. If we had, indeed, been working with the intention or motivation to put an end to reservations in the country, it would have happened by now. These are nothing but lies,” Mr Shah informed ANI.
Rahul Gandhi had earlier claimed that the BJP-ruled Centre desires to change the nation’s Constitution and take away the reservations and different rights of the backward communities and Dalits.