You all decide to play upon my mistake, India lives in my heart: Vadra clarifies after using Paraguay's flag in tweet
Robert Vadra
Social media on Sunday evening had a field day trolling Congress president Rahul Gandhi's brother-in-law Robert Vadra for his tweet wherein he posted a picture of himself with an inked finger and added the emoji of Paraguay's national flag instead of the Indian Tricolour.
In his tweet, which was later deleted, Vadra had urged everyone to step out and vote.
"Our right, our strength!! Everyone must step out and vote... we need all support to create a combined future for our loved ones and for a secular, safe and productive future of our country," Vadra's tweet read and sported the emoji of the Lok Sabha elections along with the symbol of Paraguay's flag.
Twitterati didn't bat an eye to target Vadra and slam him on his ignorance.
Vadra, however, was quick to react and posted a tweet saying "India lives in my heart". His post carried a pictureof him with the national flag. He clarified that using Paraguay's flag in his post was a mistake, "just an aberration".
He added that people decided to "play up" his mistake.
"India lives in my heart and I salute Tiranga. Using a Paraguay flag in my post was just an aberration. I very well know that you all know it was posted by mistake but u decided to play up my mistake when there are such glaring issues to be discussed. It saddens me, but never mind!" Vadra tweeted out.
Vadra's post came shortly after he cast his vote in the sixth and penultimate phase of the Lok Sabha elections today.
As many as 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 10 in Haryana, eight seats each in West Bengal, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, seven in Delhi and four in Jharkhand went to polls today.
According to the Election Commission, the overall voter turnout was recorded at 63.3 per cent in today's polls.