#GauriLankeshMurder: Kerala Congress’ offensive tweet sparks outrage

On Wednesday, following Gauri Lankesh’s murder in Bengaluru, Kerala Congress handle on Twitter posted a picture of Lankesh’s dead body lying in pool of blood with map of India drawn around her claiming this is how India will look without Congress.

Soon after realising how insensitive it looked, Kerala Congress deleted the above tweet.

https://twitter.com/kamleshksingh/status/905416118239543296
But not before screenshots were taken.

https://twitter.com/iAnkurSingh/status/905423612349366272

https://twitter.com/indiantweeter/status/905423891073519616

https://twitter.com/ShefVaidya/status/905451877000667137
The handle also got criticised for using a murder for political gains.

https://twitter.com/ashokepandit/status/905421674715025408
Some even called INC Kerala out for the using a dead body for a photo-op.

https://twitter.com/Skraivns/status/905424611537326080

OpIndia Staff: Staff reporter at OpIndia