Plagiarism slur on BJP IT cell

A small Nellore-based start-up has alleged the BJP used one of its templates for the party’s new website without a back-link crediting the designer, the plagiarism charge calling into question the party’s claim to be a “chowkidar’’ (sentinel) against wrongdoing.

“Why world’s largest and India’s ruling political party plagiarised our work without giving us credit?” tweeted W3Layouts — “a one-stop development platform that lets every individual create a stunning and professional website’’.

W3Layouts blogged that it was initially pleased to learn that the BJP had picked one of its templates for its new website, constructed after the previous one was hacked into earlier this month.