"Cheap Politics:" Shashi Tharoor On Cropped Photos With Mahua Moitra (image:twitter/ShashiTharoor)

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday slammed the circulation of cropped images showing him with Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra, and condemned it as an act of “cheap politics”. “This is just cheap politics. It was the birthday party of that child. Well, she is not a child, but for me, she is like one. That MP is around 20 years younger to me,” NDTV quoted Tharoor as saying.

Senior Congress leader explained that he was present at Ms Moitra”s birthday party, and was attended by around 15 people. His sister also attended the function. Adding further, Mr Tharoor said that he was being trolled by showing the cropped version of the image taken during the function.

“It was her birthday party, in which around 15 people, including my sister, participated. Instead of showing the full image, they are spreading the cropped one,” Mr Tharoor said. He then said that he doesn”t give importance to such trolls as he is busy working for the people.

In the last week, Ms Moitra, on social media platform X, reacted to her trolls by writing that she was “most amused” to see some personal photos of her being circulated on social media by the BJP”s troll sena. “I like green dress better on me than white blouse. And why bother cropping — show rest of the folks at dinner as well. Bengal”s women live a life. Not a lie,” she had tweeted.

Most amused to see some personal photos of me being circulated on social media by @BJP4India ‘s troll sena.

I like green dress better on me than white blouse. And why bother cropping – show rest of the folks at dinner as well.
Bengal’s women live a life. Not a lie.

— Mahua Moitra (@MahuaMoitra) October 15,