After Karat, now BJP too files complaint against TMC leaders over morphed pic
April 24, 2016  18:50
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The Bharatiya Janata Party lodged a police complaint on Sunday against Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, and party leaders Subrata Bakshi and Derek O'Brien, alleging that they were responsible for the use of a morphed picture of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and demanded their immediate arrest.

BJP state spokesperson Joy Prakash Majumdar, along with other leaders and party workers, met Joint Commissioner (Crime) of Kolkata Police Debasish Boral at the Police Headquarter at Lalbazar and lodged a complaint against the three TMC leaders.

"Today, we have lodged a complaint with the Kolkata Police in connection with the morphed picture showing Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh offering sweets to CPI-M (Communist Party of India-Marxist) leader Prakash Karat.

"In our complaint we have held three -- TMC party chairperson Mamata Banerjee, all India general secretary Subrata Bakshi and national spokesperson Derek O'Brien who held yesterday's press conference responsible for the entire episode and demanded their immediate arrest," Majumdar said.

"Derek O'Brien held yesterday's conference after he was instructed by Mamata Banerjee. So it's clear it was whose brainchild,' Majumdar added describing the incident as 'unprecedented' in the history of the country's politics.

Left Front chairman Biman Bose also demanded that Derek O'Brien should be arrested in connection with the morphed photograph incident.

Stating that if Jadavpur University Prof Ambikesh Mohapatra could be arrested for circulating one spoof on Mamata Banerjee and the then Railway Minister Mukul Roy then 'why will not Derek O'Brien be arrested in this case?' Bose questioned.
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