Digvijaya Singh tweets Pakistan bridge as Bhopal’s, later apologises

On Twitter he wrote, this is a pillar of an under-construction railway overbridge at Subhash Nagar Railway Gate at Bhopal.

New Delhi: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Sunday apologised for tweeting a picture of a bridge in Pakistan and claiming it to be a railway bridge in Bhopal. Singh on Twitter wrote – "This is a pillar of an under-construction railway overbridge at Subhash Nagar Railway Gate at Bhopal. The cracks on it raise questions over its quality...I hope what happened in Varanasi doesn't happen here too,"

यह है सुभाष नगर रेल्वे फाटक भोपाल पर बन रहे रेल्वे ओवर ब्रिज का एक पोल,जिसमें आ गई दरारे/क्रैक इसकी गुणवत्ता पर सवाल उठाती हैं,अभी तो पुल भी नही बना ।एक भाजपा नेता के मार्ग दर्शन निर्माण में हो रहा है ,फिर यह सब क्यों और कैसे ? वाराणसी की दुर्घटना यहॉं भी ना हो जाये। pic.twitter.com/oycXREebp0

— digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) June 10, 2018

This happened days after actor Shabana Azmi did the same over an unverified tweet. Later a news organization cross-checks information posted on Twitter pointed out the mistake to Singh. It was revealed that it was an old image of a damaged metro pillar in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Singh apologized for the same and on Twitter wrote - "My apologies. One of my friends sent it to me. My fault I didn't check up" tweeted.