The Crossbill News Desk
The official X handle of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Assam unit ignited widespread outrage on Monday (September 15) after sharing an Islamophobic AI-generated video that portrayed Muslims in a highly derogatory manner.
The video, titled “Assam Without BJP,” depicted Muslims as occupying government-owned land across various locations such as Guwahati Airport, Assam Ranghar, town, and stadium. It also linked the Congress party to Pakistan by showing Rahul Gandhi standing next to a Pakistani official.
Social media users expressed shock, questioning whether the video was intended to disrupt communal harmony and incite violence against Muslims, particularly in Assam.
Several critics condemned the video, stating that the post demonizes and vilifies Muslims.
With Assam’s assembly elections scheduled for 2026, the state BJP’s video appears to have already framed the campaign along communal lines by specifically targeting the state’s “Miya” community, Muslims of Bengali origin.
The BJP’s open communal messaging follows Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s repeated religious allusions in campaign speeches leading up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, raising serious concerns about violations of the Model Code of Conduct and the Election Commission’s apparent inaction.
Section 123(3) of the Representation of the Peoples Act, 1951, defines as a “corrupt practice” any appeal by a candidate, their agent, or any person with the candidate’s consent, to vote or refrain from voting based on religion, race, caste, community, or language, or the use of religious or national symbols to influence the election.
Similarly, Section 123(3A) prohibits promoting feelings of enmity or hatred between different citizen groups for electoral gain.
Journalists, activists, and political analysts have also condemned the BJP for normalizing hate politics.
Tanpreet Sehgal wrote on X, “This is so disturbing, so hateful, so xenophobic and so genocidal in its own way.”
Dr. Aratrika Ganguly added, “An official party page openly spreading hate and communal misinformation to instigate is disgusting. No wonder Indians abroad get treated the same way they abuse and vilify their own citizens.”
Many others pointed out that the party’s politics revolve around Hindu-Muslim polarization.
This is not the first instance of such vilifying content from the BJP; its Jharkhand unit had previously posted similar material showing Muslim figures allegedly taking over people’s homes.
Just a day earlier, Prime Minister Modi, while inaugurating a development project in Assam, accused the Congress of supporting “anti-nationals” and “infiltrators” to protect their vote bank. His speech followed hate remarks by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who warned that Muslims would outnumber Hindus by 2041, further asserting that most Muslims in Assam are illegal settlers.
The video, titled “Assam Without BJP,” depicted Muslims as occupying government-owned land across various locations such as Guwahati Airport, Assam Ranghar, town, and stadium. It also linked the Congress party to Pakistan by showing Rahul Gandhi standing next to a Pakistani official.
Social media users expressed shock, questioning whether the video was intended to disrupt communal harmony and incite violence against Muslims, particularly in Assam.
Several critics condemned the video, stating that the post demonizes and vilifies Muslims.
With Assam’s assembly elections scheduled for 2026, the state BJP’s video appears to have already framed the campaign along communal lines by specifically targeting the state’s “Miya” community, Muslims of Bengali origin.
We can’t let this dream of Paaijaan to be true!! pic.twitter.com/NllcbTFiwV
— BJP Assam Pradesh (@BJP4Assam) September 15, 2025
The BJP’s open communal messaging follows Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s repeated religious allusions in campaign speeches leading up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, raising serious concerns about violations of the Model Code of Conduct and the Election Commission’s apparent inaction.
Section 123(3) of the Representation of the Peoples Act, 1951, defines as a “corrupt practice” any appeal by a candidate, their agent, or any person with the candidate’s consent, to vote or refrain from voting based on religion, race, caste, community, or language, or the use of religious or national symbols to influence the election.
Similarly, Section 123(3A) prohibits promoting feelings of enmity or hatred between different citizen groups for electoral gain.
Journalists, activists, and political analysts have also condemned the BJP for normalizing hate politics.
Tanpreet Sehgal wrote on X, “This is so disturbing, so hateful, so xenophobic and so genocidal in its own way.”
Dr. Aratrika Ganguly added, “An official party page openly spreading hate and communal misinformation to instigate is disgusting. No wonder Indians abroad get treated the same way they abuse and vilify their own citizens.”
Many others pointed out that the party’s politics revolve around Hindu-Muslim polarization.
This is not the first instance of such vilifying content from the BJP; its Jharkhand unit had previously posted similar material showing Muslim figures allegedly taking over people’s homes.
Just a day earlier, Prime Minister Modi, while inaugurating a development project in Assam, accused the Congress of supporting “anti-nationals” and “infiltrators” to protect their vote bank. His speech followed hate remarks by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who warned that Muslims would outnumber Hindus by 2041, further asserting that most Muslims in Assam are illegal settlers.
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