India, July 24 -- The government on Friday debunked a video of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan that purportedly shows him responding to the Cockroach Janta Party, saying that he will not resign. The unit called the video "fabricated."

The Press Information Bureau (PIB)'s Fact Check unit clarified that the video had been digitally altered using AI and was being circulated by Pakistani propaganda accounts. The fact-checking unit also stated that the Union minister never made the remarks attributed to him.

Taking to X, it said, "Pakistani propaganda accounts are circulating a digitally altered video of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, featuring fabricated and baseless claims."

"#PIBFactCheck: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan did ...