Shashi Tharoor omits parts of J&K, Ladakh from map of India in manifesto; corrects later, apologises

Shashi Tharoor's manifesto for Congress presidential election used a distorted map of India, where parts of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh were omitted. After receiving flak on social media, his office made correction to the map.

TN National Desk

Updated Sep 30, 2022, 20:11 IST

Tharoor's office later made correction to their manifesto.

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Shashi Tharoor's manifesto for Congress president post used distorted map of India
Parts of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh were omitted from the map.
His office later made correction to the manifesto.

New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who filed his nomination for the post of Congress president on Friday, landed in hot waters after his manifesto features a map blunder. The map of India used in his manifesto omitted parts of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

Picture shared on social media showed a distorted map of India, where parts of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh were omitted. The distorted map featured in his manifesto booklet with the tagline 'Think Tomorrow, Think Tharoor'.

A page from Tharoor39s manifesto — A page from Tharoor's manifesto

Tharoor, who has a massive following of 8 million on Twitter, drew a lot of flak from netizens who accused him of being "divisive" and called him "shameless".

Soon after the goof-up was highlighted and slammed by many Twitter users, Tharoor's office made correction to their manifesto for the election.

Tharoor39s office corrects map of India — Tharoor's office corrects map of India

Reacting to the backlash after the blunder, Tharoor took to Twitter and said, "A small team of volunteers made a mistake...I apologise unconditionally for the error."

Repeat offender?

This is not the first time that Tharoor has made such a blunder as earlier in 2019, the Congress leader was heavily trolled for making a similar goof-up. While tweeting about his participation in a rally at Kozhikode against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and National Register of Citizens (NRC), Tharoor used a map showing India without its northern-most territory.

Shashi Tharoor vs Mallikarjun Kharge

Tharoor, who filed his nomination today, will be contesting against veteran leader and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge. The third candidate for the post is former Jharkhand minister KN Tripathi. The election for Congress president post will be held on October 17 and results will be declared two days later.

After filing his nomination, Tharoor tweeted, "I have just submitted my nomination papers as a candidate for the presidential election of @incindia. It is a privilege to serve the only party in India with an open democratic process to choose its leader. Greatly appreciate Soniaji’s guidance and vision."

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