New Delhi, 31 August– A teenager Ruchika Singh, who was in the eye of a political storm after a video of her alleged abusive remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Italy PM Georgia Meloni during a Cockroach Janta Party protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar had gone viral last month, has resurfaced in a fresh video in which she allegedly accuses the Prime Minister of making her “life hell” and says she will not “back down” this time.
The video, which is being circulated by the Aam Admi Party and the Congress on their respective social media accounts, has gone viral today circulating widely raising political dust storm.
“Modi ji, you have made my life hell,” Ruchika is heard in the video says. “You have hounded a 15-year-old girl so much that she has been tortured everywhere. I have to hide my face everywhere.”
She goes on to say that she has “nothing to lose” and that she will not back down this time. She is also heard calling PM Modi a “coward”.
‘Modi ji, you have made my life hell’: Ruchika behind abusive remarks against PM Modi resurfaces in viral video
Fresh video, shared by AAP and Congress, reignites controversy around teenager whose earlier remarks against PM Modi went viral; her lawyer says clip is not AI-generated, but does not confirm identity
While we could not independently verify the recording date or establish when or where the video was shot, but she can be heard on U Tube channels.
Sources vouched that the video was originally posted by Ruchika Singh herself.
Sources said the account from which the video was posted is Ruchika’s new Instagram account.
According to the sources, Ruchika is currently staying with her parents in Haryana after the family left their home in Noida following the events that unfolded after her earlier Jantar Mantar video went viral and a Zero FIR was registered against her at Parliament Street police station.
The fresh video has quickly become a political flashpoint, with opposition parties using it to renew their criticism of the treatment meted out to the teenager following the earlier controversy.
The AAP shared the video on X with a Hindi message. The party alleged that Ruchika had been “hounded, threatened and forced to apologise” and claimed that the alleged harassment continued even after her apology.
The Congress also shared the video, alleging that Ruchika had been intimidated into apologising and describing the episode as an example of the misuse of power against a teenager.
The purported girl had first come into the spotlight after a video from the July 23 CJP protest at Jantar Mantar showed a woman allegedly using abusive and derogatory language against PM Modi and his late mother.
A Zero FIR was subsequently registered at Noida’s Expressway police station on July 29 following a complaint by Supreme Court advocate Smriti Singh Chandel.
The case invoked Sections 352, 353(1) and 356(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, relating to intentional insult with intent to provoke a breach of peace, statements conducing to public mischief and defamation. The case was later transferred to Delhi for investigation.
At the time, a video purportedly showing the girl apologising with folded hands also went viral. In the video, she expressed regret over her remarks and sought forgiveness.
PM Modi had subsequently said that young people involved in the controversy should be forgiven rather than subjected to punitive action, urging society to give them another opportunity.
Her lawyer, Anil Singh, had earlier claimed that she was 15 years old and studying in Class 10 through open schooling. He also alleged that the FIR contained incorrect details about her age and identity.
The controversy intensified after reports emerged of intense online and public scrutiny of the harassed girl and her family.
Gril’s supporters have since alleged that she was subjected to threats and harassment following the viral video. These allegations have not been independently established by The Tribune
The latest video has nevertheless reignited the debate, with supporters portraying it as a teenager refusing to be silenced and critics questioning the circumstances in which the new recording emerged.
Though the timing of the video, its origin and the circumstances surrounding its release remain unclear,, yet it is bound to give impetus to Cockroach Janata Party’s call to March from India Gate to Delhi Police headquarters on September 5.
For now, what is certain is that a controversy that appeared to have subsided after her earlier public apology and PM Modi’s appeal for forgiveness has returned to the centre of the political and social media conversation — this time with the teenager allegedly saying, “I won’t back down.”
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