The Press Information Bureau (PIB) on Wednesday fact-checked a viral deepfake video featuring President Droupadi Murmu, in which she is seen making false claims that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is using her as a prop to elevate Rafale’s PR.
Sharing the video, PIB claimed that the digitally altered clip is being circulated by Pakistani propaganda accounts on social media and stated that the President of India has not made any such statement. The fact-checker also stated that the video is AI-
generated and fake.Taking to X, PIB wrote, “Deepfake Video Alert! Pakistani propaganda accounts are circulating a digitally altered video of President Droupadi Murmu with false claims that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is using her as a prop to elevate Rafale
PR.”
“The President of India has NOT made any such statement! This AI-generated fake video is being circulated to mislead people,” it added.
🚨 Deepfake Video Alert 🚨
Pakistani propaganda accounts are circulating a digitally altered video of President Droupadi Murmu with false claims that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is using her as a prop to elevate Rafale PR.#PIBFactCheck
❌ The President of India has NOT made… pic.twitter.com/DEP27Zxx4f
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) October 29, 2025
President Murmu To Take Sortie In Rafale
President Droupadi Murmu will take a sortie in Rafale fighter jet from Ambala Air Force base in Haryana on Wednesday. She will be the first President to fly in IAF’s most modern Rafale fighter aircraft. Droupadi Murmu has already flown in a Sukhoi-30MKI in 2023.
Rafale jets were used during Operation Sindoor, launched by India in response to the April 22 dastardly Pahalgam terror attack.
Earlier, former Presidents A P J Abdul Kalam and Pratibha Patil had undertaken sorties in Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter aircraft at the Air Force Station, Lohegaon near Pune on June 8, 2006 and November 25, 2009, respectively.
On April 8, 2023, Murmu, the supreme commander of the Indian armed forces, became the third President and second woman head of the state to take a sortie in Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter aircraft at the Tezpur Air Force Station, Assam.
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