New Delhi, India

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday (Apr 5) claimed that the Indian National Congress (INC) used images of New York and Thailand in its election manifesto for Lok Sabha polls this year. 

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BJP leader Sudhanshu Trivedi addressed a press conference in the evening and posed questions on Congress' seriousness for the upcoming polls. He showed the photo used in the Environment section of the poll manifesto and said that the image was of Thailand. 

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The Congress party released the manifesto, and called it 'Nyay Patra'. The major points include a constitutional amendment to raise 50 per cent cap on reservations for SCs, STs and OBCs etc, the right to apprenticeship and legal guarantee for MSP. 

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The BJP leader said, "They have called the manifesto Nyay Patra after doing injustice to all sections of the country for all these years." 

Trivedi added, "It's not a big issue that wrong photos have been used. But it is concerning these photos are of foreign entities. Until now, they have been going abroad and defaming India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. But now they are borrowing foreign photos for their manifesto." 

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Trivedi also mentioned that the Congress did not fulfil either of the promises they mentioned in the manifesto when they were at the Centre or the states. 

He also took a dig at Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate, who found herself in hot water after making a controversial remark about Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut in a social media post. She later issued a clarification, stating that many people have access to her account. 

Trivedi said, "Recently the social media chairperson said she was not aware who was handling her social media account. At least the party should know who was making their manifesto." 

(With inputs from agencies)