{"id":4866,"date":"2017-08-22T18:53:36","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T13:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=4866"},"modified":"2017-08-22T18:53:36","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T13:23:36","slug":"piyush-goyals-erroneous-tweets-ones-deleted-one-forgot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/piyush-goyals-erroneous-tweets-ones-deleted-one-forgot\/","title":{"rendered":"Piyush Goyal’s erroneous tweets – the ones he deleted and the one he forgot"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Thanks to many who pointed issues with earlier image. While we illuminate streets, social media helps illuminate facts, helping us improve.<\/em>“, tweeted<\/a> Power Minister Piyush Goyal after deleting a tweet of his in which an old picture of unknown origin was claimed as that of street lighting on Indian roads. This was not the first time Piyush Goyal had deleted an erroneous tweet, but was definitely the first time he acknowledged an erroneous tweet. The tweet in question was:<\/p>\n

\"Piyush<\/p>\n

The picture that shows an illuminated road is as old as 2009 and was posted a good five years before NDA Government’s present term. It was posted on CNET website<\/a> as part of an article about partnership between Luminus and a Japanese firm.<\/p>\n

\"Piyush<\/p>\n

When multiple people on social media pointed out to him that his claims are being represented by a 8 year old picture whose origins are not in India, Piyush Goyal deleted his tweet.<\/p>\n

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Thanks to many who pointed issues with earlier image. While we illuminate streets, social media helps illuminate facts, helping us improve.<\/p>\n

— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) August 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Funnily enough, this same picture was also used by certain Pakistani news websites<\/a> to represent LED street lights in Islamabad.<\/p>\n

\"pakistan<\/p>\n

Other such instances<\/h3>\n

In June 2017, Piyush Goyal had tweeted a picture from an Amnesty International report which had documented the human tragedy behind the expansion of coal mines. When the Amnesty International report came out, Piyush Goyal had rubbished the report. However, his ministry did not think twice about using a picture from the same report. Piyush Goyal deleted his tweet when a former Amnesty India employee had pointed out the glaring contradiction. Alt News had written about this issue here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Piyush
Piyush Goyal’s tweet which uses an image from Amnesty International Report on human rights violation by Coal India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Appropriation alert: L: Graphic here: https:\/\/t.co\/D2AGUrJvk8<\/a> R: My photo taken for @AIIndia<\/a> report on @CoalIndiaHQ<\/a>'s rights violations. pic.twitter.com\/hPE4KIEcca<\/a><\/p>\n

— Aruna Chandrasekhar (@aruna_sekhar) June 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n