BJP-Congress spar in Uttar Pradesh over Ajay Rai’s alleged remark on PM Modi; leader calls video AI-generated

A governmental slugfest erupted successful Uttar Pradesh connected Friday (May 23, 2026) implicit Uttar Pradesh Congress portion president Ajay Rai’s alleged arguable remark astir Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The incident, captured portion Mr. Rai was successful a vehicle, gained traction connected societal media with Mr. Rai seen greeting a radical of supporters portion making the alleged remark, which drew terrible backlash from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Leaders from the enactment circulated the video online, accusing the Congress person of exceeding each bounds of governmental decorum.

“The indecent, unparliamentary and unforgivable remarks made by the Uttar Pradesh Congress President astir the respected Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji uncover the governmental atrocious habits of the Congress. In the past, the ‘crown prince’ of Congress has besides shown his atrocious manners. Congress has present reached the highest level of frustration, disappointment, vexation and intelligence bankruptcy. Now they are not adjacent successful a presumption to apologize to the countrymen,” wrote Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak said, “Using abusive and indecent connection against our Honorable Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi ji, has go a awesome of the governmental vexation and despair of the Congress leaders. First, Rahul Gandhi and present the Uttar Pradesh Congress President person utilized indecent language, providing factual grounds of their governmental defeats and their desperation. The Congress leaders’ vulgar, unparliamentary, and inexcusable remarks bespeak their governmental misconduct. They should apologize to the full federation for their foul language. The radical of the state volition surely respond to their frustrated remarks,”.

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Mr. Rai, dubbed the video AI-generated, aimed astatine tarnishing his image. “This video is generated by the IT compartment of the BJP done AI. In my full governmental vocation of implicit 35-years, I person maintained dignity successful politics. I went to conscionable the household subordinate of a 16-year-old Dalit miss who faced atrocities by feudal elements, fearing the Congress's continuous combat against injustice, the BJP is doing propogenda,” told Mr. Rai to The Hindu.