Erasmus Bridge's pictrue that was tweeted by AAP as Signature Bridge | Photo Credit: Twitter

Delhi: The ambitious Signature Bridge on Yamuna river that provides better connectivity between north-east Delhi and north Delhi was inaugurated by Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal amid much fracas on Sunday. However, even before the row at the inauguration event, the AAP had courted another controversy after it tweeted a photo of Netherland’s Erasmus Bridge and passed it off as Signature Bridge.

On Saturday, a day before the inauguration of the iconic bridge in the national capital, the official Twitter handle of the Aam Aadmi Party tweeted a post captioned, "Delhi! Here is your pride The Signature Bridge", along with three pictures, seemingly of the bridge. The tweet was signed off by Delhi’s deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia.

"Delhi !

Here is your pride ..The Signature Bridge . Ready to welcome you tomorrow for Inauguration Ceremony.. 4PM onwards.. Sunday, 4th Nov."- @msisodia pic.twitter.com/agEuZhrjib — AAP (@AamAadmiParty) November 3, 2018

However, Twitter users quickly pointed out that one of the pictures tweeted by AAP was not that of the Signature Bridge but that of the Erasmus Bridge of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. BJP spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga was among those Twitteratis who called out the AAP for the wrong photograph.

At the time of writing the article, Aam Aadmi Party did not issue any clarification regarding the issue nor was the tweet in question taken down.

Here’s how some of the Twitterati reacted:

This is not your pride, it is ours. The first picture is the erasmusbridge in Rotterdam, Holland.....Which is very pretty indeed, especially at night, but definatly not in New Dehli — IssieChrissie (@chrissie_issie) November 4, 2018

Pic 1 : @AamAadmiParty tweeted an invite for Signature Bridge in Delhi.



Pic 2 : The pic they included.



Pic 3 : It is a bridge in Rotterdam called Erasmus bridge.



AAP is just a poorer cousin of BJP. pic.twitter.com/MC9QaR5UEi — Jas Oberoi (@iJasOberoi) November 4, 2018

Meanwhile, the inauguration ceremony of the Signature Bridge was marred by high drama after BJP leader Manoj Tiwari got involved in a scuffle with Aam Aadmi supporters during the event. He was also seen exchanging blows with the policemen on duty and a video later showed that AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan had also pushed Tiwari while the ceremony was underway.

The bridge opens for public from Monday.