GUWAHATI: A video clip of Tripura sports minister Manoj Kanti Deb touching social welfare minister Shantana Chakma inappropriately on Saturday went viral. The video was of the event where PM Narendra Modi inaugurated projects.The Tripura unit of BJP dismissed the video as a malicious campaign launch- ed by the opposition. Deb said the video was doctored. "How can this be possible and, that too, in the presence of the PM and a large crowd? Someone has to be of very dirty mentality to doctor the video of a programme. I was trying to come forward," he added.Victor Shom, in charge of the media cell of BJP's Tripura unit, said the video was a "conspiracy to malign," the minister. "I went through the entire footage and found nothing inappropriate. The video clip is cropped ... If someone sees (the video) for at least a second before the alleged scene, the picture becomes clear." He added, "The original video showed Deb in a corner of the stage. While trying to come forward when PM was about to inaugurate the projects, it happened inadvertently."

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