Watch / TMC leaders cut Tricolour cake on Independence Day, spark row

A group of TMC leaders has been criticised after they were seen cutting a cake that resembled the Indian National Flag on Independence Day. After a video of the incident went viral, TMC leader Dulal Sarkar said, "Our party does not support this kind of an act. Nowadays, many doctored videos are also doing the rounds."

Vikrant Shekhawat : Aug 22, 2020, 01:16 PM

Malda: A group of Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders in West Bengal sparked a row after they cut a tricolor cake on Independence Day. Row broke out in Bengal’s Malda district after a video of the incident went viral. The TMC leaders, in the video, can be seen cutting the tricolor cake and eating it.

A group of TMC leaders in West Bengal sparked a row after they cut a tricolor cake on Independence Day.

Row broke out in Bengal's Malda district after a video of the incident went viral, wherein people can be seen cutting the tricolor cake and eating it. pic.twitter.com/eIu5qt6huq
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Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have criticised the incident and said it amounted to insulting the national flag. TMC leaders Shehnaz Qadri, Sheikh Yasin and Krishna Das were seen in the video among others.

Malda Congress chief said TMC leaders didn’t respect the national flag. BJP MP Khagen Murmu also condemned the incident. Shehnaz Qadri, on the other hand, called it a conspiracy to malign him.