India Today’s Rahul Kanwal is being trolled by netizens on Twitter and other social media platforms after his faux pas about Nagaland, while he was on-air, became viral.
Rahul was on air with Rupin Sharma, Nagaland DGP and author of the book ‘Extradition’, and was discussing the repartition of Mehul Choksi from Dominica. When there was a brief power cut from Sharma’s end to which he had later apologised, Rahul had said, ‘You’re in Nagaland, electricity goes off even in India. Go on.’
This quickly made him controversy’s favourite child, as people from all over the country went ahead to question how someone who was holding a high position in one of the country’s most famous news platforms could make this blunder.
BJP’s Mizoram spokesperson Mmhonlumo Kikon tweeted about this, saying, “We need to invite @rahulkanwal to Nagaland very soon! We need major geography class for major media professionals too! What say @payalmehta100 @AdityaRajKaul @Karma_Paljor??,” to which Rahul had replied saying, “This was a slip of tongue. My apologies. Was meaning to say Delhi. My bad.” This apology did not do much to pacify those who were offended by the faux pas, and invoked a lot of comments against him online.
We need to invite @rahulkanwal to Nagaland very soon!
We need major geography class for major media professionals too!What say @payalmehta100 @AdityaRajKaul @Karma_Paljor ?? https://t.co/KlkIkg3p7k
— Mmhonlumo Kikon (@MmhonlumoKikon) June 3, 2021
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