CPI(M), Congress, BJP to move Election Commission over Trinamool’s use of morphed photo

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.

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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 the controversy.