{
  "id": 17751341,
  "title": "Rijiju alleges Congress used fake AI rally image",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/rijiju-alleges-congress-used-fake-ai-rally-image",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-02T04:19:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Economic Times",
    "slug": "the-economic-times",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/fake-ai-photos-controversy-kiren-rijiju-slams-congress-over-ramlila-maidan-rally-attendance-claims/articleshow/135445028.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "New Delhi, India: Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju criticized the Congress party for allegedly utilizing an artificially generated image depicting a crowded Ramlila Maidan during a rally on November 1. In a post on X, Rijiju expressed his concern, stating that the Congress should have ensured the AI image accurately represented a large crowd at the venue. He further added, \"Even the fake AI photo to show that the Ramlila ground was full was not done properly by the fake narrative team of the Congress Party!\"\n\nThe INDIA bloc organized a significant rally at the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi to protest alleged irregularities in electoral rolls and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. Prominent opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Mamata Banerjee, and Akhilesh Yadav, participated in the event. The march commenced from the Minto Road-Connaught Place junction, eventually gathering thousands of supporters at the Ramlila Maidan.\n\nRahul Gandhi, addressing the rally, accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of enabling alleged vote fraud and threatened to remove him from his position and imprison him. He asserted that the protest represented the voice of the nation and was not affiliated with any specific political party or leader. Gandhi claimed that the Opposition would continue to fight for the protection of the Constitution through peaceful and democratic means, asserting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah would not have achieved their positions without his support.\n\nThe BJP countered the Congress' claims with an MP, Sambit Patra, questioning the assertion that 10 lakh people attended the rally. Patra pointed out that only 5,000 to 7,000 chairs out of the 28,000 available at the venue were occupied between 3:30 pm and 4 pm, suggesting that around 40% of the ground was vacant. He emphasized that Rahul Gandhi and his team had exaggerated the number of attendees, stating that 10 lakh people were not present at the rally, which was merely a claim made by the Congress party.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "'AI-generated': Rijiju's dig at Congress over Ramlila rally crowd photo",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/ai-generated-rijijus-dig-at-congress-over-ramlila-rally-crowd-photo",
        "published": "2026-11-02T03:52:50.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}