Bhagwant Mann New Video: From Height to Looks, CM’s 6 Claims Why It’s Fake

Bhagwant Mann New Video: In his most detailed video yet (it’s over eights minutes) in the ‘Guru Dokhi’ row, the Chief Minister didn’t just dispute the evidence against him — he took a direct shot at the SGPC president, and edged toward questioning who gets to judge him at all.

North Desk Correspondent

Chandigarh, June 18

Bhagwant Mann released a new video on Thursday laying out his case against the video behind the Akal Takht’s “Guru Dokhi” verdict — and went well beyond just disputing it. Here’s everything in it.

Why he says the video isn’t him: 6 Claims

1. The frame-by-frame check. Two independent, government-recognised labs outside Punjab analysed all 1,191 frames of the video — and found, he said, not a single one matching his face from any angle.
2. The height gap. The reports found the man in the video to be roughly an inch taller than him.
3. The face and eyes don’t match. Beyond height, he said the analysis flagged differences in facial structure, and that the person in the video is wearing glasses he doesn’t wear.
4. The hotel room detail. He pointed to personal photographs visible in the room the video was apparently shot in, asking: “Who keeps photographs in a hotel room?” — his way of suggesting the setting itself looks staged.
5.  No origin trail. He says there’s no way to establish when the video was filmed, where, or who first put it into circulation.
6. The actor theory. His explanation: someone made up to resemble him — similar hair, similar face — built specifically to be passed off as him.

The Dhami jab in Bhagwant Mann New Video

Mann then turned on the SGPC. Without naming him outright, he took aim at SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami, pointing out that the head of “such a large institution” has himself said, “I am Sukhbir Badal’s loyal soldier” — when, Mann said, what he should have said is that he is a loyal soldier of Guru Gobind Singh. It’s the most direct he’s been about Dhami specifically since this row began.

Not the faseel, the Sangat

Bhagwant Mann New Video: The sharpest line in the video came next. While insisting his head bows before the Akal Takht’s supremacy, Mann argued that verdicts delivered “standing on the faseel” have not been accepted by most people — and that it is ultimately the Nanak Naam Lewa Sangat, not those issuing edicts from the rampart, who should have the final word.

He appealed to the Sangat not to fall for what he called “devious tactics” by people he said are more interested in protecting lost political chairs than in religion itself. It marks a shift from disputing the video’s authenticity to questioning the legitimacy of those ruling on it.

DGP told to probe 

Bhagwant Mann New Video: Mann has directed the DGP to find out who shot the video, who funded it, and where — and to bring those responsible before the Sangat. It’s the same demand he made when he first rejected the video on Tuesday, now backed by the lab numbers.

None of this has been independently verified — neither lab has been named, and the claims so far rest entirely on Mann’s own account.

How it began

Earlier, the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of the Sikhs, declared Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann “Guru Dokhi” (anti-Guru) and “Khalsa Panth Virodhi” (anti-Khalsa Panth) on Monday, June 15.

Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj pronounced the verdict after two government-recognised forensic laboratories concluded that a video purportedly showing a man resembling Mann disrespecting Sikh Gurus was neither AI-generated nor doctored — directly contradicting the explanation Mann had given the Akal Takht when he appeared before it in January.

READ: Bhagwant Mann Rejects Video, Contradicts Forensic Report; Blames Sukhbir Badal

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