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“Can’t Even Fake It Right”: Kiren Rijiju Accuses Congress of Using Botched AI Image to Show Packed Ramlila Maidan

Kiren Rijiju alleges the Congress used an AI-generated image to show a packed Ramlila Maidan at the INDIA bloc rally, and says 40 per cent of the ground was vacant

PGurus Newsdesk

November 2, 2026

The Union minister says the AI image was so poorly made that the empty ground gave it away

Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has accused the Congress of passing off an AI-generated photograph to make the INDIA bloc’s Ramlila Maidan rally look full. In his telling, the effort failed even at that.

In a post on X on Sunday, Rijiju wrote in Hindi that the Congress should at least have prepared its AI image properly to show a huge crowd. He repeated the jab in English: “Even the fake AI photo to show that Ramlila ground was full is not done properly by the fake narrative team of Congress Party!”

The Opposition alliance held the rally on November 1 in Delhi against alleged irregularities in electoral rolls and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav were among the leaders present. The march set off from the Minto Road-Connaught Place junction, and thousands of supporters converged on the ground.

The BJP’s case rests on a gap between promise and turnout. Rijiju claimed that 40 per cent of the ground was vacant in the image’s background. BJP MP Sambit Patra questioned the INDIA bloc’s claim that 10 lakh people would attend. He said 5,000 to 7,000 of the 28,000 chairs at the venue were empty between 3:30 pm and 4 pm, and asked where the 10 lakh attendees were. BJP leaders also noted that the permitted capacity of Ramlila Maidan was capped at 50,000, a fraction of the projected figure.

The dispute over numbers has now become another front in the BJP-Congress confrontation, with both sides presenting the turnout as proof of their own strength.

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