On October 15, 2026, Smriti Irani, BJP’s national general secretary, uploaded an AI‑modified clip on X that portrays Rahul Gandhi and Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan debating the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
Irani, who toppled Gandhi’s family seat of Amethi in 2019, lost the 2024 Assembly election to KL Sharma, a Gandhi‑family loyalist, but has re‑entered the national spotlight after her appointment as a national general secretary.
The SIR program, launched to purge bogus voters, has removed millions of names from the electoral rolls, a move that critics say favours the ruling party.
Earlier this year, Gandhi and 12 other leaders of the INDIA coalition filed a petition before the Supreme Court seeking an inquiry into the deletions and alleged irregularities.
The Supreme Court has asked the Election Commission and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to furnish a response, a decision that could influence the upcoming elections.