New Delhi: Former CEO of Prasar Bharati Jawhar Sircar drew flak from varied quarters after he shared a morphed image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Twitter.
In the now-deleted publish, PM Modi was proven standing with folded palms earlier than Reliance Foundation chairperson Nita Ambani. However, within the unique image, the lady was Deepika Mandal who runs an NGO standing with Modi.
Sharing the morphed image, Sircar wrote, “Wish fellow parliamentarians and others in politics also received such courtesy and bonhomie – from their permanently –scowling PM. In a mature democracy, we would know the two-way relationship, favours, transactions. Some day, history well tell us.”
The image was quickly identified as morphed by a number of together with current Prasar Bharati CEO Shahi Shekhar.
“Disgusting & shameful that a morphed image is being circulated in this manner. It is one thing to not like a person. But it is reprehensible that a former CEO of the Public Broadcaster and former Culture Secy is publicising fake images. We are truly embarrassed by these actions,” Shekhar tweeted.
Veteran journalist Kanchan Gupta shared the unique image alongside the morphed one. He took a jibe on the microblogging platform for enabling pretend information.
“A former Secretary to Govt of India is intentionally tweeting morphed images to slander PM Modi. @Twitter provides a platform for #ManipulatedMedia and rewards such folks with a ‘Blue Tick’ to lend credibility to #FakeNews This is how @manishm does the bidding of @jack Company,” tweeted Gupta.
