Fact Check: A video clip of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is circulating on social media with the claim that he allegedly admitted his own mission is to "divide society and seize power."

Vishvas News investigated and found this claim to be fake. The video is digitally edited and stripped of its original context to spread political propaganda. In the original video, PM was referring to the Congress party while giving this reference.

What is going viral?

Facebook user 'Shailendra Pandey' uploaded the video clip on February 12, 2026, with the Caption, "Friends, he has only one mission: divide the society, divide and rule. Say loudly, Har Har Moi... The journey from Vishwaguru to Vishguru..."

This edited clip is going viral on social media. An archived version of the post can be viewed here.

Investigation

To verify the authenticity of the footage, we first took several screenshots and searched them using Google Lens. This led us to the original video of the viral clip on the X handle of the news agency ANI.

Posting a 1 min 18 sec video on October 5, 2024, ANI wrote: #WATCH Thane, Maharashtra: PM Modi said, "Congress knows that their vote bank will remain united, but others will easily split. Congress and its allies have only one mission: divide society and seize power. Therefore, our unity must serve as the nation's shield. We must remember that if we divide, those who divide will gather. We must not let the plans of Congress and the Aghadi succeed..."

The viral clip specifically deleted the mention of ‘Congress and its allies’, making it appear as though the Prime Minister was referring to his own government or party.

Major news outlets, including ANI, Navbharat Times, Zee News, and Jagran, reported on this specific speech in October 2024. All reports confirm that the PM's remarks were a critique of the opposition's political strategy.

Vishvas News also spoke with Shashi Kumar, a member of the BJP's social media team, regarding the viral video. He stated that the viral clip of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is incomplete. The PM had made the viral clip while targeting the Congress. The viral clip was created by tampering with an old video from a rally in Maharashtra.

Lastly, we scanned the Facebook profile of the user who posted the fake video and found that the user identifies as a resident of Rewa, Madhya Pradesh and has over 18000 followers.

Conclusion: Vishvas News' investigation revealed that the claim that PM Modi admitted to a mission of dividing society is false. The viral video is an edited snippet of a 2024 speech where the Prime Minister was actually accusing the Congress party of those very actions.


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