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The Assam BJP has removed a co-convenor of its societal media squad for posting the now-deleted video featuring Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma that created a immense controversy, a elder person said connected Thursday (February 12, 2026).
The video showed Mr. Sarma purportedly taking purpose with a firearm and firing a changeable astatine 2 people, 1 wearing a skull headdress and the different with a beard, with "point-blank shot" arsenic the caption.
The AI-generated video was uploaded connected the State BJP's authoritative X grip connected Saturday (February 7, 2026) evening, earlier being deleted aft a governmental backlash.
"The video was uploaded without due vetting successful an unauthorised manner. The idiosyncratic acrophobic has been removed from the station of co-convenor of the societal media team," the elder person told PTI.
The removed societal media co-convenor was identified arsenic Ron Vikash Gaurav.
"Only a fewer radical person the close to make posts and upload publicity materials connected the BJP societal media handles. Usually, they tin bash it connected their ain for sharing enactment programmes oregon speeches of our leaders. But for delicate topics, they request authorisation from the societal media in-charge oregon enactment president oregon the CM's bureau if it involves the Chief Minister," the elder BJP person said.
Ranjib Kumar Sarmah presently heads the societal media squad of the State BJP, and determination were 4 co-convenors successful his team, anterior to the removal of Gaurav.
CM Sarma connected Wednesday (February 11, 2026) said that the constabulary person registered a lawsuit based connected a ailment by Congress leaders implicit the video. He said that a BJP idiosyncratic has besides filed a abstracted constabulary ailment implicit the aforesaid issue.
Mr. Sarma had connected Monday (February claimed that helium was not alert of the video, portion State Congress president Gaurav Gogoi accused the CM of "inciting genocide" against Muslims done his videos and urged the constabulary to instrumentality suo motu cognisance of the matter.
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi had connected Monday (February 9, 2026) lodged a ailment with the Hyderabad Police, seeking transgression enactment against the Assam CM implicit the now-deleted video.
Mr. Sarma had responded to it, saying, "If immoderate lawsuit has been filed against me, apprehension me. I don't person immoderate objection. I volition beryllium prepared to spell to jail. I volition ever instrumentality to my words. I americium opposed to Bangladeshi infiltrators and volition ever stay so."
