The Indian government was criticised on social media after it turned out that a poster used in an ‘Incredible India’ campaign had an image of the Annapurna mountain range in Pokhara, Nepal.
The news of the image being incorrectly used by the Indian government first became known when a Nepali man, Rajesh Shrestha, posted on his Facebook account on Monday with the caption, “This is a sign in front of Indian embassy in Warsaw. Guess, we Nepalese really have to teach Indian government some geography. Since when Annapurna range is located in India??”
The poster appears to have been around since last year and the photo in the tweet below shows the Indian ambassador to Poland posing with Amitabh Kant, the man behind the country’s ‘Incredible India’ campaign.
Following Shrestha’s post, people began calling out the Indian Embassy.
Hello India,
This pix outside your embassy in Warsaw is, um, from my hometown in NEPAL.
cc: @MEAIndia/@Ajaybis pic.twitter.com/3alG6BxvWc
— Anup Kaphle (@AnupKaphle) 16 August 2016
is this legit? Apparently Indian Embassy in Poland is advertising “incredible india” using images from Nepal pic.twitter.com/di7nBWJbaN
— Shashank Shrestha (@shashankji) 16 August 2016
Indian ambassador to Poland, Ajay Bisaria, soon took to Twitter to apologise for the mistake, clarifying the image was provided by an outsourced company. The poster has now been removed.
@AnupKaphle @MEAIndia.Thanks, removed poster. Was an honest mistake, image provided by outsourced company. Apologies to friends in Nepal.
— Ajay Bisaria (@Ajaybis) 16 August 2016
Courtesy: BuzzFeed
