Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a state visit to Palestine, Oman and the UAE, on Friday, 9 February. His visit to Palestine, however, assumes special significance.

The Ministry of External Affairs, addressing a press conference on the visit on 5 February, had said that Modi would make a “historic” visit to the conflict-prone Palestine, becoming the “first” Indian prime minister to do so.

People on Twitter started refuting the MEA’s claim, asserting that Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first PM, was actually the first Indian PM to visit Palestine. Among them was Gaurav Pandhi, who is associated with the Congress, who also shared a photo of Nehru meeting UN Troops in the Gaza Strip in 1960 to make his point.