India, Oct. 23 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday claimed that the artwork supposed to be presented by Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi's son Raihan didn't include any political content when it was sent for approval to the Bikaner House in June.

The party also accused Priyanka Gandhi of "manufacturing a controversy" by forcing her son to include political artwork in his exhibition to "soft launch" him into politics.

BJP national spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari alleged that the House approved Raihan's exhibit as his proposal declared that his exhibition would contain themes of nature, wildlife, artwork and sculpture.

He said Raihan was made to include political content to his artwork later.

"Under pressure of his family for a p...