‘SIR explain’: Smriti Irani turns ‘Big B’ movie scene into Rahul Gandhi jibe
BJP leader Smriti Irani shared an AI-generated video mocking Rahul Gandhi's protests against the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. The video uses a scene from an Amitabh Bachchan film to suggest Gandhi is willfully ignoring facts regarding the electoral process.
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The use of AI-generated political satire highlights the evolving nature of digital campaigning and the ongoing friction between India's major political parties.
NEW DELHI: BJP general secretary Smriti Irani has taken a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, using an AI-generated video featuring characters played by Rahul and actor Amitabh Bachchan to target him over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.The video comes amid Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders’ protests demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over the SIR exercise.Sharing the video on X, Irani wrote: “You can wake someone who is genuinely asleep, but not someone acting blind just to mislead the nation!”The AI-generated clip recreates a scene from Big B's film, in which Amitabh Bachchan’s character explains that his name…
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