India, March 30 -- A Dutch politician has sparked a row by using a digitally enhanced picture during her election campaign. Patricia Reichman, 59, was elected to the Blijdorp-Bergpolder-Liskwartier district council last week. However, voters soon realised that she looked much younger and very different in a photograph published in a local newspaper as compared to her picture in the official municipal list of candidates.

The two pictures seem to bear little resemblance to each other, yet Reichman claims that both depict her.

The Dutch politician admitted to digitally enhancing her photograph. According to a report in local news website AD, Reichman said that she looks much younger than her 59 years in reality, and her electoral roll pict...