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The claim

The video shows Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai, Deputy Chief of Army Staff, criticising the growing influence of saffron politics and religious polarisation within the Indian Army.

Original publisher’s rating

FALSE

Reviewed by FACTLY ↗ ·

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Additional context

The review says the PIB fact-check unit also identified the clip as a deepfake; the cited PIB post is dated 23 October 2025. [S1]

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Sources and attribution

  1. [S1] FACTLY original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026

Original review: FACTLY. Structured data compiled by Data Commons under CC BY 4.0. Publisher article content is subject to its own terms. Summaries and context are produced by PeakMetrics with AI assistance.

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