A Congress leader called Salman Nizami on Saturday tweeted photographs of AgustaWestland choppers AW139 series, one which had Prime Minister Narendra Modi getting off and other had the Dera Sauda Sacha chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim, who was yesterday pronounced guilty in a 2002 rape case, sitting inside.
Nizami claimed that Dera chief used Adani’s chopper to be airlifted from Panchkula to Rohtak.
https://twitter.com/SalmanNizami_/status/901413034316382208
The Congress leader provided no details about his source of information, which most probably was a WhatsApp forward meant for political propaganda.
He was immediately called out for spreading misinformation.
https://twitter.com/muglikar_/status/901463804462092289
Other users also tried correcting him for the misinformation.
https://twitter.com/fotespeaks/status/901462346773651456
While others even ridiculed him for the same.
https://twitter.com/zzudhir/status/901463170124050435
While others reminded them of the AgustaWestland scam Congress leaders are accused of being involved in.
https://twitter.com/nkura52/status/901463357718396933
And then someone even compared him to Dera chief’s fans who ran a rampage in Haryana and Punjab yesterday after the verdict.
https://twitter.com/MihirkJha/status/901485719197147137
And then, Twitter doesn’t forget. Nizami also got a lesson in history.
https://twitter.com/OneHorizOne/status/901488524158943232
Guess it is a good idea to have a quick fact check before posting things on Twitter.