Congress slams Assam BJP's 'point-blank shot' video for targeting minorities, asks judiciary to act

The Congress connected Sunday (February 8, 2026) deed retired astatine the BJP implicit a purported video posted connected the X grip of the ruling party's Assam unit, claiming it shows the "targeted point-blank execution of minorities" and the judiciary indispensable enactment with nary leniency shown successful the matter.

The now-deleted video showed Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma purportedly taking purpose with a firearm and firing a changeable astatine 2 radical — 1 wearing a skull headdress and the different with a beard, with "point-blank shot" arsenic the caption.

Congress wide caput successful complaint of organisation, K.C. Venugopal, slammed the BJP implicit the issue.

"An authoritative BJP grip posted a video showing the targeted, 'point-blank' execution of minorities. This is thing but a telephone to genocide - a imagination this fascist authorities has harboured for decades," Mr. Venugopal said connected X.

This is not an innocuous video to beryllium ignored arsenic troll content, but arsenic poison dispersed from the precise top, and determination indispensable beryllium consequences for this, helium said.

"There is nary anticipation that Narendra Modi volition condemn oregon enactment against this, but the judiciary indispensable act, and determination shouldn't beryllium immoderate leniency shown successful this case," Mr. Venugopal said.

Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said that deleting the video, which showed Assam Chief Minister Sarma "shooting Muslim men" with the caption “point-blank shot”, was not enough.

"This is who the BJP truly is: Mass murderers. This venom, hatred and unit is connected you, Mr Modi. Are the courts and different institutions sleeping?" she said connected X.

Congress spokesperson Shama Mohammed said successful a station connected X, "@narendramodi, you speech astir 'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas', but your favourite man, Himanta Biswa Sarma, made a video Shooting Muslims and got it posted from the authoritative grip of BJP Assam."

“This is an onslaught connected the Indian Constitution. I americium shocked that the Supreme Court of India is acting arsenic a mute spectator. The court's soundlessness and nonaccomplishment to instrumentality suo motu cognisance puts its relation into question," she added.

Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi besides slammed the BJP.

“The BJP Assam Pradesh X grip posted 1 of the astir hate-driven, targeted videos titled 'Point Blank Shot'; aft outrage, it went connected to delete the post, but it was determination agelong capable for galore radical to download and dispersed it further," Ms. Chaturvedi said connected X.

"Shamelessly, EC volition disregard this vilest signifier of hatred and governmental targeting. Toothless and useless, literally, successful beforehand of BJP,” she added.