A video of Union Minister Piyush Goyal is going viral on social media, in which he is seen making harsh comments about the performance of Cockroach Janata Party (CJP). Now he has given clarification regarding this and called it fake and a deepfake created by AI and also said that strict legal action will be taken against the culprits. First of all, let us tell you about that statement and what the minister said.
Actually, a video has surfaced on social media in which the Minister is seen talking to the media outside the Parliament and saying that he believes that we should hang two-three cockroaches in public. So that the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) gets to know the reality of what our strength is and to what extent we can go. In the video, he said that when these people will see their two-three cockroaches hanging like this, all their hue and cry will calm down.
As soon as this video of Union Minister Piyush Goyal surfaced, people got angry. People expressed a lot of displeasure over his comment on social media. Now the minister called it a fake and a deepfake created with AI. He has shared a post on social media in which he said, 'In an attempt to spread misinformation, what I said to the media outside Parliament was changed with bad intentions using AI and a deepfake video was created and spread.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal tweets, “My remarks to the media outside Parliament have been maliciously doctored using AI to create and circulate a deepfake video in an attempt to spread misinformation. I have filed a police complaint, and an FIR (No 123/26) has been registered at pic.twitter.com/E4xe82ucTL
— ANI (@ANI) July 25, 2026
The minister said, 'I have lodged a complaint with the police and an FIR (No. 123/26) has been registered at Chanakyapuri Police Station on 25 July 2026 at 4.35 am. Strict legal action will be taken against all those involved in creating, spreading or promoting this fake video. Irresponsible misuse of Artificial Intelligence to mislead people will not and cannot be tolerated.
While appealing to the people, Piyush Goyal said, 'I appeal to everyone to trust only verified and reliable sources for information. I am confident that the aware and technology-savvy citizens of India, especially our youth, will not fall prey to such misinformation. He said that such actions are not only misleading but also harm democratic dialogue.
PIB Fact Check has also declared this video as fake. PIB has made a post regarding this on social media. In which it is said that this is not a real video and it has been prepared with the help of AI.
Fake Video Alert!
Pakistani propaganda accounts are circulating a video of Union Minister Piyush Goyal claiming that he made threatening remarks about the protesting students. #PIBFactCheck: :
#Fake and AI-generated.
@piyushgoyal did pic.twitter.com/lowN3RxaHl
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) July 24, 2026
PIB said in its post that beware of fake videos! Some social media accounts containing Pakistani propaganda are circulating a video. In this, a false claim has been made about Union Minister Piyush Goyal that he made threatening remarks against the protesting students. PIB Fact Check has said that this video is fake and has been prepared with the help of AI. Union Minister Piyush Goyal has not given any such statement regarding the protest in Delhi.
