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Congress makes an enormous blunder, posts Sam Manekshaw’s picture on Twitter whereas honouring KM Cariappa

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Congress celebration was at it but once more on Saturday when it dedicated an enormous blunder on Twitter by posting the picture of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw as a substitute of Field Marshal Kodandera Madappa Cariappa on the latter’s demise anniversary.“Field Marshal Kodandera Madappa Cariappa OBE was the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army and the first Indian to command a battalion. On his death anniversary, we thank him for his valour and leadership during the all-important Indo-Pakistan War of 1947,” the Congress celebration wrote within the now-deleted tweet.However, the social media intern in Congress’s newly christened crew obtained confused and ended up posting the picture of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw as a substitute of KM Cariappa. After the gaffe was highlighted by the netizens, a face-palming congress deleted the put up and immediately put out a brand new tweet with the proper picture.However, the harm had already been achieved and Twitter had a area day in taking pot-shots at Congress’s goof up and the celebration was trolled badly all through the morning and afternoon.Shriman @RahulGandhi and @INCIndia assume Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw is Field Marshal KM Cariappa.Perhaps ‘assume’ is the incorrect phrase. To assume, a certain quantity of intelligence is required. Mr @ShashiTharoor would endorse this level. Or would he? pic.twitter.com/fy9Rzx5WRw— Kanchan Gupta (@KanchanGupta) May 15, 2021And the Oscar for incorrect use of picture goes to…….Desh Ki sabse purani celebration 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/DFub3MnAng— आत्मनिर्भर👻 (@Imanoop89) May 15, 2021The unique tweet the place as normal Congress exhibits its ignorance pic.twitter.com/uNtOJiqYTq— Raj Lakhani (@captrajlakhani) May 15, 2021Meanwhile tdy at Rahuls Cong .. this 👇🏻Field Marshal Manekshaw picture as a substitute of Field Marshal Cariappa on his demise anniversary pic.twitter.com/8Q4WIbKPBq— Rajeev Chandrasekhar 🇮🇳 (@rajeev_mp) May 15, 2021  While Congress did commit a blunder, information channel Times Now tried to tone down the embarrassment for Congress by terming the gaffe as an ‘alleged error’.“BJP MP @rajeev_mp hits out at Congress over an alleged error posting picture of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw picture as a substitute of Field Marshal Cariappa on his demise anniversary. ‘It is quite distressing to see how Congress treats our heroes.” tweeted Times Now.😂 @TimesNow says @INCIndia posting image of Field Marshal Manekshaw in place of Field Marshal Cariappa on his death anniversary is an “alleged error”.Even @ndtv can’t beat that. pic.twitter.com/gkbwlJG3WS— Kanchan Gupta (@KanchanGupta) May 15, 2021KM Cariappa was the first Indian to be appointed as the Commander in Chief of the Indian Army in independent India, apart from being the only other officer after Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw to have received the rank of the Field Marshal, in a special investiture ceremony in 1986. He had led the Indian forces on the Western Front during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947.Congress has had a history of disrespecting national heroes. As reported by TFI, Cariappa’s presence was resented by the likes of VK Krishna Menon and Sardar Baldev Singh, the primary Defence Minister of India. The Field Marshal additional invoked the ire of the senior Congress politicians, when underneath his management, the Indian Army refused to order posts for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, asserting that the proposal would degrade the Army’s requirements and improve the danger of it being defeated if the appropriate expertise was not recruited primarily based on talent.Read More: PM Modi reminds Kannadigas of the humiliation of their Army heroes by the hands of CongressWhen Congress is in energy it partakes in epic scams of astronomical figures, nonetheless, when out of energy, the celebration routinely commits blunders on its social media platforms.While the sooner slipups have been restricted to deciphering the info factors and graphs incorrectly, the Congress celebration dedicated a grave mistake in wrongly depicting a nationwide hero. Surely, the celebration is studying from its charismatic chief Rahul Gandhi who has a glowing resume of committing such fake pas.