CPI(M) and Congress today hit out at Trinamool Congress over the use of an alleged morphed picture, accusing it of bringing down electioneering to a "new low" in the state, and said complaints will be filed with police and the Election Commission in this regard.
BJP too has said it will file a complaint with police over the morphed picture which showed Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh offering sweets to CPI(M) leader Prakash Karat.
CPI(M) and Congress accused the TMC of making a "desperate attempt" to brush aside charges of a "match-fixing" between TMC and BJP.
"We will lodge police complaints both in Kolkata and in New Delhi. We will also move EC. This morphed image is a guilt conscience of TMC. As a match-fixing between both the parties have come to fore, TMC is taking those desperate steps," CPI(M) leader Nilotpal Basu told PTI.
CPI(M) Politburo member Mohammed Salim termed the use of a morphed image as "criminal offence".
Senior Congress leader and MP Pradip Bhattacharya described it as a "shameful incident" and a desperate attempt by TMC in wake of allegations of "political match-fixing" between TMC and BJP over Saradha scam.
The Congress leader termed it as a "new low" in the history of electioneering in West Bengal.
The Trinamool Congress, following a press conference by its national spokesperson Derek O'Brien, had yesterday posted two videos and six pictures on its website. The party, however, removed the morphed picture from its website after controversy.
"...Along with these two videos, six pictures were posted
on our party website, out of which one had shown Rajnath Singh offering sweets to Prakash Karat. This picture was there on our website for quite some time. But as soon as we came to know that the picture is morphed, we removed it. We have apologised. The matter should end there," Brien had told
