As Indians voted in marathon six-week elections, a doctored video of opposition leader Rahul Gandhi appearing to endorse the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party circulated online. The footage appears to show Gandhi saying the BJP will"save democracy". However, in the original video, he urged voters to back his Congress party and warned that the BJP would"destroy democracy".
The video appears to show Gandhi warning that his own party and opposition alliance"are trying to destroy democracy and the constitution" and appealing to voters to instead back Modi. In the video, Gandhi accuses the BJP and RSS of"trying to destroy democracy and the constitution" and urges voters to back Congress."On one side, the BJP and RSS are trying to destroy democracy and the constitution. On the other side, the Congress Party and the INDIA alliance are working to save the constitution and democracy."