“AI-generated videos show Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister Piyush Goyal making statements they never made, including a clip of Modi threatening students.”

Multiple authoritative sources, including the Press Information Bureau (PIB) Fact Check unit, have confirmed that viral videos circulating on social media featuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister Piyush Goyal are AI-generated deepfakes. The videos were manipulated to falsely portray both leaders making threatening statements toward students participating in protests. The PIB explicitly stated that these clips were digitally altered and that neither official made the remarks attributed to them. Union Minister Piyush Goyal publicly addressed the issue, confirming that he filed a police complaint regarding the malicious alteration of his media remarks. Government sources and reports indicate that these videos were disseminated by accounts identified as part of a propaganda campaign. Law enforcement agencies, including the Maharashtra Cyber Police, have registered cases in response to these doctored materials.