At least 20 teachers, including the District Education Officer (DEO) have been served notices in Madhya Pradesh’s Khandwa for allegedly uploading AI-generated images as part of a water conservation project after the Congress alleged that the district administration won a national award based on fake images.
On Monday (December 29, 2025), State Congress president Jitu Patwari alleged corruption by the Madhya Pradesh Government and uploading artificial intelligence-generated images on a government portal to secure an awards at the hand of President Droupadi Murmu.
Khandwa district administration, however, has rejected the allegations saying that the AI-generated images were uploaded on a portal that has nothing to do with the award. The district had secured first place nationwide for outstanding work in water conservation under the Centre’s ‘Jal Sanchay, Jan Bhagidari (JSJB)’ campaign. Collector Rishav Gupta and Jila Panchayat CEO Nagarjun B Gowda had received a ₹2 crore award for the district by Ms. Murmu at the sixth National Water Awards ceremony held in New Delhi on November 18.
“Where the BJP government should teach our children the proper use of AI, it is itself indulging in corruption using AI. In Khandwa, officials of the BJP government turned two-foot-deep pits into wells using AI, and uploaded AI-generated images of various development works across the area on the portal. Based on these images, they even took an award from the President,” Mr. Patwari said in an X post.
