In a post on X shared on Friday, PIB stated, “Pakistani propaganda accounts are circulating a video of Prime Minister @narendramodi featuring fabricated statements that he never made regarding the protest in Delhi.” It further said, “This is an '#AI-generated deepfake video' shared to mislead the public. Prime Minister Narendra Modi did NOT make any such statement.”
The Bureau also provided the original video link for reference and urged the public to alert and report suspicious content related to the Government of India through the PIB Fact Check handle on X.
🚨 DEEPFAKE VIDEO ALERT!
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) July 24, 2026
Pakistani propaganda accounts are circulating a video of Prime Minister @narendramodi featuring fabricated statements that he never made regarding the protest in Delhi. #PIBFactCheck:
❌ This is an '#AI-generated deepfake video' shared to mislead the… pic.twitter.com/OEZHxjlKsz
The clarification came after Prime Minister Modi, in a midnight post on Instagram on Thursday, promised strict action against paper leaks. The Prime Minister's statement, which amassed 1.76 crore views, read, “Friends, I know that paper leak is not an ordinary issue. It is very painful for lakhs of students and their families. That is why many steps have been taken in the last two and a half months.”
He further stated, “The culprits have been caught and are in jail. Our most important responsibility was to ensure that students do not waste a single year. It was very important to take the exams immediately.”
Asserting that the government used its full power to arrange the examinations of at least 22 lakh students, he said in Hindi, “I gave instructions to the departments for the fast-track court. Today, the departments worked hard and gave me the approval late at night. Tomorrow, there will be a discussion in the cabinet. After the suggestions of the cabinet members, it will be given its final form. And from Monday, when the second week of parliament starts, we will try to get that bill passed as soon as possible.”
Apart from fact-checking the AI-generated video of the Prime Minister, the government also debunked viral deepfake videos of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Chief of Defence Staff General NS Raja Subramani, Delhi Police Commissioner Rajiv Ranjan, Lieutenant General Rajeev Puri, and Union Minister Piyush Goyal. According to the government, these videos are being circulated to spread fake news, and links to the original videos have been provided for verification.
The PIB Fact Check Unit, launched by the Government of India in November 2019 to counter fake news, rumours, and misleading claims, clarified that the videos of Dharmendra Pradhan, General NS Raja Subramani, Rajiv Ranjan, Rajeev Puri, and Piyush Goyal are fake, AI-generated, and digitally altered. As proof, the original videos have been attached to the respective fact-check posts.
PIB's latest fact-check post was shared on Saturday. In one deepfake video, Dharmendra Pradhan is falsely
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