Case Registered After Amit Shah's Doctored Video On Reservation Goes Viral
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The video has prompted the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to file a complaint seeking action against those responsible for it.
The Delhi Police on Sunday registered a case over a doctored video circulating on social media platforms showing Union Home Minister Amit Shah advocating for the abolition of reservation quotas for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), and Other Backward Classes (OBCs). The video, which has sparked controversy and allegations of misinformation, has prompted the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to file a complaint seeking action against those responsible for it. .@INCTelangana is spreading an edited video, which is completely fake and has the potential to cause large scale violence.Home Minister Amit Shah spoke about removing the unconstitutional reservation given to Muslims, on the basis of religion, after reducing share of SCs/STs and… pic.twitter.com/5plMsEHCe3
In response to concerns raised by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) regarding the authenticity of the video, the Delhi Police registered a First Information Report (FIR) on Sunday. The BJP has denounced the video by saying that it has been manipulated to distort Mr Shah's original statements made during a political rally.
According to BJP spokesperson Amit Malviya, the video in question has been altered to misrepresent Mr Shah's remarks on the issue of reservation quotas for Muslims in Telangana.
