Several Instagram influencers have alleged that representatives linked to the Youth Congress approached them with paid collaboration offers to post negative content about the recently concluded AI Impact Summit.
Among those raising the claim is influencer Vinayak Dev Trivedi, who stated that he was offered between ₹25,000 and ₹40,000 per reel to portray the summit as a failure.
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An influencer named Dev Vedik with 137k followers also was approached and he posted a video saying why he turned down the offer.
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Influencer Charmingchaoss with 71k followers also alleged that money was being offered to “defame the country,” while Preeti Bhati with 82.6k followers said she received a similar outreach.
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This girl explains how she was being offered money to make a video opposing the AI Summit
Claiming that all the AI Summit investment money is going into the pockets of Ambani and Adani
The AI Summit does not belong to any political party
it belongs to the nation, Anyone trying… pic.twitter.com/3v58lBF2jw
— Imperial (@ImperialBharat) February 25, 2026
It is reported that even handles with smaller following have been reached out to by the Youth Congress to post negatively about the AI summit. Anushka having 4000+ followers posted as below:
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The allegations surfaced days after the Youth Congress staged a shirtless protest at the summit venue. The organisation has not publicly responded to the claims at the time of reporting.
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