Shashi Tharoor Uses Buddha's Image For Mahavir Jayanti Greeting, Gets Lambasted on Twitter

New Delhi, Mar 29: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor committed a major gaffe on social media while wishing the nation on Mahavir Jayanti. The lawmaker used the image of Buddha, instead of Mahavira in his post on Twitter. The users on micro-blogging site were quick to lambaste Tharoor for the faux pas.

Twitterati went hysterical, questioning Tharoor's intellect and knowledge of the Indian culture and religions. The fierceness of Twitter's response to his error ranged from tongue-in-cheek jibes to barbs against his affiliation to the Congress.

Here's the tweet in which Tharoor made the error:

Reactions to Tharoor:

Even the Congress president was not spared.

And Kejriwal also targeted.

Here are the hard-hitting barbs.

Tharoor's bid to control flak:

Tharoor, one of the most eloquent Indian lawmakers, often gets targeted on social media. The last time he received massive flak on Twitter was due to his controversial tweet on Indian Model Manushi Chillar being crowned as the Miss World 2017. "What a mistake to demonetise our currency! BJP should have realised that Indian cash dominates the globe: look, even our Chhillar has become Miss World! (sic), he had tweeted.

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