Rahul Gandhi posts wrong Indian map; deletes tweet after BJP highlights discrepancy

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi sparked off a row on Wednesday as he wrote a Twitter post about Coronavirus. BJP IT in-charge Amit Malviya pointed out that Gandhi’s post contained a world map that incorrectly depicted India’s official boundaries. map which claims that coronavirus infection has spread all over India has portrayed Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) as a part of Pakistan. After backlash, Gandhi removed im and replaced it with an article from Harvard Gazette.  

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This is Rahul Gandhi's deleted tweet containing wrong map of J&K:

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'Timely action is critical' 

Earlier, Lok Sabha MP from Wayanad broke his silence on coronavirus crisis grappling world. Terming it as an “extremely serious threat”, Gandhi contended that it had consequences for Indian ecomy as well. Moreover, he accused Centre of adopting a lackadaisical attitude in this regard.  

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Instances of distorted map in past

Incidentally, this is t first time that Congress has been accused of distorting official map of India. In December 2019, Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor had shared a poster confirming his participation in a rally in Kozhikode against Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens. However, map in poster contained a mutilated J&K.  

Subsequently, he issued an apology in this regard. In 2017, a Congress booklet published on failures of Narendra Modi government referred to J&K as “Indian occupied Kashmir”. Later, party leader Ajay Maken clarified that it was a printing mistake.  

Recently, a parliamentarian from Malviya’s party was also embroiled in a similar controversy. BJP Lok Sabha MP Shobha Karandlaje addressed a pro-CAA rally in Chikmagalur, Karnataka on January 17, 2020. poster on st included PoK in territory of Pakistan.  

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