India, Feb. 8 -- A since-deleted social media post by the ruling BJP's Assam state unit, with a video edited to show CM Himanta Biswa Sarma pointing a gun at Muslim men, has led to shock and outrage. This comes in continuation of a series of comments and claims by CM Sarma targeting the Muslim community in the election-bound state.

"An official BJP handle posted a video showing the targeted, 'point-blank' murder of minorities. This is nothing but a call to genocide - a dream this fascist regime has harboured since decades," Congress general secretary and Lok Sabha member KC Venugopal wrote on X along with screenshots from the video.

Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate shared a screen-recording of the video that had the caption 'Point...