Cropped Video Peddled As West Bengal CM Saying Nazrul Islam Wrote Mahabharat
By Srijit Das A viral video of Mamata Banerjee where it appears the West Bengal chief minister said Hindu epic Mahabharat was written by Bengali poet and freedom fighter Kazi Nazrul Islam, is cropped and misleading. BOOM found that the video has been cropped out of context to make it appear like Banerjee made an embarrassing faux pas. In the widely circulated video, the chief minister can be heard saying, "Mahabharat... Kazi Najrul Islam wrote". The video went viral after Banerjee falsely mentioned that former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi went to the moon and mixed up Indian astronaut Rakesh S...