Harish Rawat Trolled On Twitter For Posting Image of Lokmanya Tilak in Gopal Krishna Gokhale Birth Anniversary Message

New Delhi, May 9: Former chief minister of Uttarakhand, Harish Rawat, committed a blunder on the occasion of the 153rd birth anniversary of social reformer and freedom fighter Gopal Krishna Gokhale. Rawat, a five time MP, used the image of Lokmanya Tilak instead of Gopal Krishna Gokhale in his tribute to Gokhale on Thursday, May 9. Gopal Krishna Gokhale 153rd Birth Anniversary: 10 Facts About Social Reformer and Mahatma Gandhi's Political Guru.

Leaders across party lines paid rich tributes to Gopal Krishna Gokhale on his 153rd birth anniversary. Rawat also tweeted on the occasion and said in his tweet that "Tribute to Great freedom fighter, educationist, social reformer and political guru of Mahatma Gandhi, Gopal Krishna Gokhale."

Read Harish Rawat's Message and See the Blunder in the Tweet Below:

As can be seen in the tweet above, the image in the tweet is that of Lokmanya Tilak and not of Gopal Krishna Gokhale. That the error comes from a Congressman is even more glaring.

Twitter soon noticed the error and pointed out to Rawat that the man in picture is not Gopal Krishna Gokhale but Lokmanya Tilak.

Read the Tweet Below

Another Twitter User Highlighted the Error

Hilarious Tweets Started Doing Rounds Soon

Today is the 153rd birth anniversary of social reformer, freedom fighter, scholar and Mahatma Gandhi's political guru, Gopal Krishna Gokhale. Gopal Krishna Gokhale was born on May 9, 1866 in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. Gokhale was the face of the moderate nationalists in the Indian National Congress movement, which was formed for gaining independence for India from the British rule.

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