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The Congress connected Friday (February 27, 2026) dismissed allegations that it had paid Instagram influencers to criticise the precocious held AI Summit, calling the complaint a “fabricated story” originating from the BJP’s IT Cell.
Addressing a property conference, Congress societal media section caput Supriya Shrinate said that neither the enactment nor the Indian Youth Congress had made immoderate payments to influencers to reason oregon malign the summit.
“It was falsely alleged that the Congress enactment and the Indian Youth Congress paid Instagram influencers to reason the AI Summit. We categorically contradict this. No 1 was paid, and this assertion is wholly false,” she said.
Ms. Shrinate alleged that a “witch-hunt” had been carried retired against the enactment implicit the past 48 hours connected the ground of misinformation. She said respective influencers deleted their videos aft facing the “threat of ineligible action”.
“None of them disclosed the fig oregon individuality of those who allegedly contacted them,” she said, adding, “These influencers are portion of a pro-Modi, pro-BJP ecosystem and regularly beforehand BJP narratives.”
Ms. Shrinate said the contention was an effort to divert attraction from alleged shortcomings astatine the summit.
“Serious mismanagement, instrumentality stolen, nary unchangeable internet, and a Chinese robot astatine an Indian innovation event. How did the Chinese robot and the Korean shot participate the summit? Shockingly, nary enquiry has been conducted,” she said.
