Well it’s another day and another Indian politician succumbed to not getting his facts right before hitting the Tweet button. This time it was Piyush Goyal, tweeting a fake image to celebrate the electrification of rural India.
The Minister of Railways and Coal is a respected and crucial government office, and tweeting a fake image certainly erodes the prestige of it. Here’s the tweet from Piyush Goyal’s official verified account.
Under the decisive leadership of PM @NarendraModi India has finally been able to electrify all its villages before the set target date. With the elimination of darkness from the lives of fellow Indian villagers, we commit ourselves to building a new and #PowerfulIndia pic.twitter.com/TJ8irmx4tk
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) April 29, 2018
Eagle eyed Twitter users took no time to rip the claim to shreds, calling out Piyush Goyal for tweeting a fake image to support their government’s claim but these replies were mostly ignored since a lot of people have fallen for the image. Posted 2 days ago, the tweet still hasn’t been taken down and Twitter users aren’t letting go off the opportunity to make fun.
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While there are hundreds of usual quarrelling tweets between ‘sicklular presstitutes’ and ‘Modi bhakts’ but the only ones having fun are these guys!
A day when .@PiyushGoyal said India achieved 100% electrificationl, BJP's own worker & supporter exposes the claim of Piyush Goyal & Modi.
— Republic ROFL™ (@RepublicROFL) April 29, 2018
How can these people sitting at top be so shameless & lying all the time?
Matlab PM aur Ministers ki koi value nahi?
Shame pic.twitter.com/jL1pHaWyqa
#Hoax
— Amit Shah (@amitshaah_) April 29, 2018
Piyush Goyal sir the pictures you posted are old..
Pic1- Released by NASA in 2012
Pic2- Released by NASA in 2016 pic.twitter.com/O92eB8SKto
Sir please remove this photo I will Go blind .Itni Roshni ankho se bardasht nahi ho rahi .
— Ansh (@Cap_Ansh) April 29, 2018
Sir ji please upload percentage of trains timely reached to destination this year
— Onkar Choubey (@OnkarChoubey2) April 29, 2018
I can see my area light pole. Thanks ? ?
— Gaurav Mittal (@gauravmittal88) April 29, 2018
— Mogambo ✪ ❄️ (@UberHandle) April 29, 2018
Bhai Piyush mere pas bhi pichli Diwali yeh picture aayi thi.
— tushar kohli (@tushar_kohli) April 29, 2018
Courtesy: Whatsapp international news
— Aftab (@AFTAB__ANSARI) April 29, 2018
A day when .@PiyushGoyal said India achieved 100% electrificationl, BJP's own worker & supporter exposes the claim of Piyush Goyal & Modi.
— Republic ROFL™ (@RepublicROFL) April 29, 2018
How can these people sitting at top be so shameless & lying all the time?
Matlab PM aur Ministers ki koi value nahi?
Shame pic.twitter.com/jL1pHaWyqa
Sir, I am photoshop artist looking for career opportunities. Please let me know if you have any vacancies. Can do a much better job than this. Jai hind.
— Pffftt (@Kalamwali_Bai) April 30, 2018
Not only this, we were also able to prevent the Chinese from providing any electricity to Tibet area, as you can clearly see in this non-photoshopped authentic image tweeted by "honest" ChhotaFeku. #electrification #ModiLolliPops #GoyalMustResign https://t.co/k8jNHMymwE
— Feku Nautankibaj Kaka (@FekuLeaks) April 29, 2018
Congrats on this massive achievement Sir!?
— Akash Banerjee (@akashbanerjee) April 29, 2018
But @PiyushGoyal, do ask ur Social Media team to double check the source & date of image used to showcase #PowerfulIndia
Looks suspiciously as bright as the image #NASA released in 2012 -that was before India emerged from the dark ages. pic.twitter.com/DAc4x7LAfZ
So, that's that? How was your day? *Asks with a formal small talk smile*