Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha member from Barabanki Upendra Singh Rawat, whose alleged obscene video went viral on Monday, declared that he will not contest any election in public life until proven innocent, and urged party president J. P. Nadda to investigate the video. Mr. Rawat, whose name was declared on March 2 in the first list of 51 Lok Sabha candidates from Uttar Pradesh, alleged the video had been generated by deep fake artificial intelligence (AI) technology, for which he has lodged a First Information Report (FIR).
“An edited video of mine generated by deep fake AI technology is being made viral, for which I have lodged an FIR. In this regard, I have requested the honorable BJP national president to get it investigated. I will not contest any election in public life until I am proven innocent,” Mr. Rawat posted on social media platform X.
After Mr. Rawat’s renomination as the BJP candidate, the purported video, allegedly showing him in a compromising position with a woman, went viral over the past 36 hours.
