“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.”
What FACTLY found
The video is a deepfake. The original speech, livestreamed by Republic TV on 18 October 2025, shows Lt. Gen. Ghai discussing India’s defence preparedness and strategic doctrines, not politics or religion. AI detection tools such as Hive and Voice Detector Resemble confirmed that the viral video was artificially generated with an altered voice.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 26 October 2025. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 27 October 2025, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/reel/DQR7oZAknYL/
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.