Gujarat Congress declares living Nelson Mandela dead, regrets later



Ahmedabad, 26 June 2013

Gujarat Congress did it again. Party President Shri Arjun Modhwadia and Leader of opposition Shri Shankersinh Vaghela today issued a press release paying homage to “late” of South Africa Mr. Nelson Mandela, while Mandela was not dead. A full page press release described the life and works of Nelson Mandela. However Mandela is alive. In past, same mistake was done in the case of actor Dara Singh. A message paying homage to Dara Singh was tweeted by state party president when Dara Singh was living. The party president had tweeted it after reading mobile edition of Malayalam Manorama which claimed that Dara Singh was dead. Later when realized that the news item was wrong and Dara Singh was living, the tweet was deleted. Ditto, today too a tweet declaring Nelson Mandela dead was deleted.

Update:

Gujarat Congress later regretted its mistake in a new press release and prayed for long life of Shri Mandela.