The Nationalist Congress Party on Friday strongly condemned the circulation of a fabricated and AI-generated video. The NCP has further asserted that the video has been deliberately spread with the malicious intent of tarnishing the image of the party and its leadership.

As reported by news agency IANS, the party in a statement emphasised that the video, widely circulated by political opponents across media and social platforms on the eve of the second phase of Nagar Parishad and Nagar Panchayat elections, represents a cheap and petty attempt to mislead the public through technological manipulation and misinformation. The second phase of Maharashtra local body elections is underway on Saturday.