Shashi Tharoor makes gaffe on Twitter while writing about Indira Gandhi, gets brutally trolled
Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor trolled after posting a tweet on his official Twitter handle on 23 September.
The political leader was trying to take a dig at PM Modi’s visit to the US with his recent post. Unfortunately, he made a blunder and got trolled on the micro-blogging site.
On 23rd September, Shashi Tharoor posted a tweet on Indira Gandhi and Nehru visit’s to the US in 1954.
The gaffe that Tharoor committed when he called Indira Gandhi ‘India Gandhi’ in a tweet. Later, he corrected the information to his followers.
Nehru & India Gandhi in the US in 1954. Look at the hugely enthusiastic spontaneous turnout of the American public, without any special PR campaign, NRI crowd management or hyped-up media publicity. pic.twitter.com/aLovXvCyRz
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) September 23, 2019
But, he got late as netizens caught his erroneous tweet and started trolling the political leader.
Shashi Tharoor shared a picture of former Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi at a public rally.
He captioned, “Nehru & India Gandhi in the US in 1954. Look at the hugely enthusiastic spontaneous turnout of the American public, without any special PR campaign, NRI crowd management or hyped-up media publicity.”
After this tweet, netizens left scratching their heads and they started asking questions that who is India Gandhi?
Check out how Twitterati reacted on Shashi Tharoor’s tweet:
Of course India was Indira and Indira was India and hence #IndiaGandhi, they hadd all liberty to do so!
— Manuru Srinivas 🇮🇳 మణూరు శ్రీనివాస్ 🇮🇳 (@AbodeOfLakshmi) September 23, 2019
And, Moscow crowd being passed off as American, Well tried! pic.twitter.com/Yn4jTZ5gpS
Two things should be noticed.
— Abhishek Tripathi (@Abhi96ST) September 23, 2019
1. He have written India gandhi instead of indira gandhi .
2. Pic is from U.S.S.R. abd this was totally planed show.
Lo ji @ShashiTharoor ji.. gal hi muk gayi. Yeh moscow hai. pic.twitter.com/cSLn40zdpa
— Arif Aajakia (@arifaajakia) September 23, 2019
First Astronaut to step in space pic.twitter.com/aJpmJoyS66
— Srikanth (@srikanthbjp_) September 24, 2019
And such a shame to pass off anything as Congressis wish to! https://t.co/Ja4WQO6nox pic.twitter.com/YshYaJ40bR
— Manuru Srinivas 🇮🇳 మణూరు శ్రీనివాస్ 🇮🇳 (@AbodeOfLakshmi) September 23, 2019
Who's India Gandhi ? #IndiaGandhi . https://t.co/WU19DtMnSx
— Yallappa Gulbarga (@YallappaGulbar1) September 24, 2019
यह पिक अमेरिका का नही मॉस्को
— Smart boy (@Smartboy69527) September 23, 2019
का है जो टोटल अरेंज मेंन्ट था,अच्छा
सुबह उतर जाये तो गूगल गुरु,नही तो
नेहरू से ही पूछ लेना।😂😂😂
After knowing his mistake, Tharoor spontaneously responded and posted another tweet.
“I am told this picture (forwarded to me) probably is from a visit to the USSR and not the US. Even if so, it still doesn't alter the message: the fact is that former PMs also enjoyed popularity abroad. When @narendramodi is honoured, @PMOIndia is honoured; respect is for India,” Tharoor tweeted.
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First published: 24 September 2019, 14:43 IST