Editor's Pick | Revanth gets notice over ‘doctored’ video of Shah

Amid intense Lok Sabha campaigning, the police in Delhi, Assam, and Maharashtra, on Monday, filed three separate cases and arrested at least one person in connection with a doctored video of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s April 25 speech in Telangana regarding reservation. Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, and four other Congress officer-bearers in the State too found themselves embroiled in the controversy on Monday, as the Delhi Police issued notice to them under Section 91 (summons to produce documents) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. A government source told The Hindu that the notice to appear before the Delhi Police on Wednesday has been sent to Mr. Reddy as he is the president of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee. “The video that looks prima facie ‘altered’ was posted by the Telangana Congress handle on X. Being the State president of the party, Mr. Reddy has to explain the origin of the video,” the source said, adding that if Mr. Reddy does not appear on the scheduled date, another notice will be sent. The video was fact-checked by a user on X the same day, and that user will be asked to join the probe to trace the video, the source further said. While in the doctored video, Mr. Shah is heard saying that the BJP intends to eradicate reservation for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes, in the original video he says the party intends to remove the 4% reservation for Muslims in Telangana. Reacting to the FIR by the Delhi Police, Mr. Reddy, who was addressing a rally in Kalaburagi in Karnataka, said he was not “scared.” “So far, the Enforcement Directorate, Central Bureau of Investigation and Income Tax Department were used by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Home Minister to win elections, but today I got to know that a team of Delhi Police reached the Telangana Congress party’s office because someone posted something on social media. They came to arrest the Telangana Congress president and the Telangana CM, this means the PM is using Delhi Police to win elections now, but we aren’t scared,” he said. The Hindu’s Editorial Matters of heartland: On election 2024 and the Hindi heartland Trying for a repeat: On India and the world of badminton The Hindu’s Daily News Quiz In which city will you find the Al Maktoum International Airport? Muscat Dubai Abu Dhabi Bahrain To know the answer and to play the full quiz, click here. [logo] Editor's Pick 30 April 2024 [The Hindu logo] [EP Logo] Editor's Pick 30 April 2024 In the Editor's Pick newsletter, The Hindu explains why a story was important enough to be carried on the front page of today's edition of our newspaper. [View in browser]( [More newsletters]( Revanth gets notice over ‘doctored’ video of Shah Amid intense [Lok Sabha campaigning]( the police in Delhi, Assam, and Maharashtra, on Monday, filed three separate cases and arrested at least one person in connection with a doctored video of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s April 25 speech in Telangana regarding reservation. [Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy]( and four other Congress officer-bearers in the State too found themselves embroiled in the controversy on Monday, as the Delhi Police issued notice to them under Section 91 (summons to produce documents) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. A government source told The Hindu that the notice to appear before the Delhi Police on Wednesday has been sent to Mr. Reddy as he is the president of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee. “The video that looks prima facie ‘altered’ was posted by the Telangana Congress handle on X. Being the State president of the party, Mr. Reddy has to explain the origin of the video,” the source said, adding that if Mr. Reddy does not appear on the scheduled date, another notice will be sent. The video was fact-checked by a user on X the same day, and that user will be asked to join the probe to trace the video, the source further said. While in the [doctored video]( Mr. Shah is heard saying that the BJP intends to eradicate reservation for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes, in the original video he says the party intends to remove the 4% reservation for Muslims in Telangana. [Reacting to the FIR by the Delhi Police]( Mr. Reddy, who was addressing a rally in Kalaburagi in Karnataka, said he was not “scared.” “So far, the Enforcement Directorate, Central Bureau of Investigation and Income Tax Department were used by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Home Minister to win elections, but today I got to know that a team of Delhi Police reached the Telangana Congress party’s office because someone posted something on social media. They came to arrest the Telangana Congress president and the Telangana CM, this means the PM is using Delhi Police to win elections now, but we aren’t scared,” he said. 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