Jyotiraditya Scindia's Facebook account hacked, old videos slamming Modi surfaces

Hours after being sworn in as a Union Minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Cabinet, the Facebook page of Rajya Sabha MP Jyotiraditya Scindia was hacked briefly before being restored. The hacker allegedly posted a video of Scindia attacking the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Modi government's policies while hailing the Congress party. The old video was from the time when Scindia was a Congress leader. The Cabinet overhaul that came ahead of key Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh next year saw Scindia getting Civil Aviation, a portfolio held by his late father Madhavrao Scindia who died in a plane crash in 2001.

Scindia's Facebook account was restored and subsequently, the video was taken down by his social media team. The Gwalior Police also registered an FIR against unknown persons over the incident. The FIR was filed based on a complaint by former MLA Ramesh Agarwal, as per an India Today report. BJP staffers detected changes in the messages and several contentious films were published from the account shortly after it was hacked, according to reports. They alerted the cyber team, who were able to retrieve the account within minutes. The account was purposely hacked by certain mischievous forces, according to BJP state working committee member Krishna Ghadge, but party members warned the state leadership. The former Congress leader joined the BJP in 2020.