Former Prime Minister of Bhutan Tshering Togbay schools Indian media for misidentifying the current Prime Minister of Bhutan Dr Lotay Tshering.
Dr Lotay Tshering arrived in India on Thursday to attend the oath swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi along with his new Council of Ministers.
Indian media was covering all the dignitaries and guests present in the oath-taking ceremony. The former PM of Bhutan Tshering Togbay took to Twitter and slammed the Indian media for their careless gaffe while covering the arrival of Dr Lotay Tshering.
The former PM shared two screenshots where Tshering was wrongly identified and wrote, “India’s media would be up in arms if any other country got the picture of their PM wrong. Yet they continue to embarrass themselves and insult us when it comes to identifying our PM. Bhutan may be small, but she is India’s close neighbour and a very close friend”
India’s media would be up in arms if any other country got the picture of their PM wrong. Yet they continue to embarrass themselves and insult us when it comes to identifying our PM. Bhutan may be small, but she is India’s close neighbour and a very close friend. pic.twitter.com/AwBHF6WKqQ
— Tshering Tobgay (@tsheringtobgay) May 30, 2019
Later, the former Prime Minister of Bhutan tweeted a picture of the current Prime Minister of Bhutan Dr Lotay Tshering for ‘the media’s ready reference’.
My thanks to the many Indians for the outpouring of support and understanding. Attached is a photo of PM Dr Lotay Tshering for the media’s ready reference.
The pictures used are of former PM (yours truly) and Chief Advisor of Interim Government (Chief Justice Tshering Wangchuk) https://t.co/6efeZPB2RU pic.twitter.com/d8KQVlcNAm
— Tshering Tobgay (@tsheringtobgay) May 30, 2019
However, Indian netizens apologised to Mr. Tshering Togbay on behalf of the Indian Media:
#1
https://twitter.com/asg_anupam/status/1134154098482110464
#2
https://twitter.com/iam_PKSharma/status/1134070911013928961
#3
Sir, Thanks for correcting Indian Media, here is message from Bhutan PM 🙂https://t.co/mjEnEnA1O9
— संजय शर्मा मोदी का परिवार 🇮🇳 (@sharma__sanjay) May 31, 2019
#4
Terrible to say the least.
As a citizen of this nation, I'm embarrassed due to this error and I apologise for it sir. Bhutan is a much valued and inspiring neighbour.— Zainab Sikander (@zainabsikander) May 30, 2019
#5
And no. You are not just a small country. You are our friend and well wisher. Once again apologies for our the blunder of our Media
— Suresh (@surnell) May 30, 2019
#6
This is highly embarrassing, please accept apologies from our country and countrymen. We love Bhutan, A country with philosophy of Gross National Happiness can never ever be small. We highly value and cherish Bhutan as our Neighbor.
— Isha (@ishahere) May 30, 2019
#7
Apologies on their behalf sir, indeed Bhutan is a much loved neighbour and a close ally, with warm regards and best wishes!
— Kavita Krishna Meegama (@Telugutalli) May 30, 2019
#8
Sir heart is also very small so far as size is concern but it plays most important role in life.
Bhutan may be small but its place is like heart for Indians.
We respect Bhutan like that and will always.— रमेश मेन्दोला (मोदी का परिवार) (@Ramesh_Mendola) May 30, 2019
News Channel Wion which displayed the picture of Chief Advisor of Bhutan’s interim government Tshering Wangchuk with the PM’s name replied to the tweet of the former PM of Bhutan and apologized.
We regret the inadvertent error, which occurred due to the nature of a newsroom processing real-time information through multiple teams. It was rectified as soon as it was noticed.
— WION (@WIONews) May 30, 2019