India, Feb. 9 -- The Opposition on Sunday strongly criticised the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Assam over a now-deleted social media post featuring an AI-generated video of chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, alleging that the clip shows the "targeted point-blank murder of minorities".

The video, posted on Saturday on the X handle of BJP's Assam unit with the caption "point blank shot", showed Sarma taking aim with a rifle and firing a shot at a photo of two individuals, both wearing a skull cap.

The video also included a photo of Sarma with text saying, "Identity, land and roots come first; Why did you go to Pakistan; No forgiveness for Bangladeshis".

Slamming the video, the Congress, in a post on X, said: "The BJP's officia...