A video of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi submitting his candidate registration for the elections was doctored with an AI voice clone to falsely claim that he was resigning from the party. BOOM found that claim to be false. The original video shows him filing his candidature for the Lok Sabha elections from Wayanad in Kerala on April 3. India's general election will be held in seven stages from April 19 to June 1, 2024, with vote counting to take place on June 4. Mr Gandhi will contest from Wayanad against Annie Raja of the Communist Party of India (CPI) and K Surendran, president of the Bharatiya Janata Party's Kerala state unit.
In a viral video, Mr. Gandhi can be seen signing a document and reading a short statement in Hindi announcing his resignation. Translated into English, this statement reads, “I, Rahul Gandhi, resign from the Congress. I am tired of being a Hindu for elections. Patra), but Modi continues to send corrupt people to jail.'' Gandhi's audio clone video further adds: “Under his leadership, we will continue to send corrupt people to prison. That's why I'm going to my grandfather's house in Italy.”
@MithilaWaala with X handle shared the video with the caption, “I don’t know if this video is real or edited.”
click here To view the post, click here for archives. Another post containing the same false claim can be seen here.
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BOOM discovered that the viral video was overlaid with a fake AI-generated voice clone of Rahul Gandhi. I did a reverse image search on Google using some keyframes from the viral video and found posts about X by news outlets. hinduism. This post, shared on April 3, 2024, coincides with the viral video and is shared with the caption, “Congress leader #RahulGandi submits nomination papers to #Wayanad district collector #Renu Raj on Wednesday” It was done.
Congressional leaders #Rahul Gandhi Submit recommendation documents to #Wayanad District Collector Renu Raj on Wednesday.
Video Credit: Special Arrangement pic.twitter.com/ANywIMcADQ
— The Hindu (@the_hindu) April 3, 2024
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Taking a cue from this caption, I searched for Rahul Gandhi, who has filed his nomination in Wayanad, and found a YouTube video shared by a verified handle of the Indian National Congress on April 3. The title of the video is “Rahul Gandhi seeks nomination from Wayanad.'' can be heard saying. “I, Rahul Gandhi, have been nominated as the candidate to fill the following seat.” The People's House hereby declares that I pledge true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India as enshrined in law and to the sovereignty of this country. We solemnly affirm that we will uphold unity and integrity. ”
There is no statement in this original video announcing Gandhi's resignation as claimed in the viral video. BOOM also circulated the viral video through Itisaar, a deepfake analysis tool created by IIT Jodhpur and DigitID. This tool also assumed that the audio was fake.
This story was originally published by Boom as part of the Shakti Collective. Except for the heading, excerpt and introductory paragraph, this article has not been edited by his ThePrint staff.
