General Secretary of the Indian National Congress party’s All India Congress Committee, Digvijaya Singh, on Sunday shared an old photograph of a shoddily constructed metro pillar from Pakistan and claimed it was from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Not to forget Digvijay Singh has served as the ninth Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.

Digvijay Singh tweet in Hindi reads as, “This is one poles of the bridge built over Subhash Nagar railway crossing in Bhopal. The bridge is not completed but already has cracks in it, raising questions over its quality. How is this happening when this is taking place under the guidance of a BJP leader? (Hope that) the accident that took place in Varanasi is not repeated here.”

यह है सुभाष नगर रेल्वे फाटक भोपाल पर बन रहे रेल्वे ओवर ब्रिज का एक पोल,जिसमें आ गई दरारे/क्रैक इसकी गुणवत्ता पर सवाल उठाती हैं,अभी तो पुल भी नही बना ।एक भाजपा नेता के मार्ग दर्शन निर्माण में हो रहा है ,फिर यह सब क्यों और कैसे ? वाराणसी की दुर्घटना यहॉं भी ना हो जाये। pic.twitter.com/oycXREebp0 — digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) June 10, 2018

Social Media users were quick enough to understand that the image is not of Bhopal, as the same photo was earlier shared in 2016 and 2017 as Delhi Metro and Hyderabad Metro respectively.

#metro This is one of d pillar towards Isb route.It can break down any time. Pl share so govt take notice@KTRTRS pic.twitter.com/nWLLxlegJY — chari (@Iamshivachari) July 30, 2016

The image used is of Pakistan, Rawalpindi to Islamabad Metro line from July 2016. Bharatiya Janata Party has now also accused Digvijay Singh of taking Pak’s help to malign Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s image

This is not in Hyderabad neither in Metro nor in PVNR. Actually it's in Rawalpindi, Pakistanhttps://t.co/q8wilsOq0T https://t.co/WKGrXmn8rf — KTR (@KTRTRS) August 3, 2016

Digvijay Singh as expected was trolled for this incorrect tweet.

Sir aapne apne home country ka photo daal diya bhopal bol ke — अंकित जैन (@indiantweeter) June 10, 2018

Yes @narendramodi is responsible for the design fault of #rawalpindi metro too. Proof that he has been targeting innocent Pakistanis . — Deepu (@deepuortho) June 10, 2018

और मै तो सुभाष नगर के पास ही रहता हूँ ये फ्लाई ओवर बहुत तेजी और सुरक्षित तरह से बनवाया जा रहा है और यह भी कहूँगा की शिवराज के राज में प्रदेश का विकास दिग्विजय जी आपके समय की तुलना में 200 गुना ज्यादा हुआ है। @VishvasSarang — देवेन्द्र माधव करंदीकर (@I_DevMadhav) June 10, 2018

This man is targeting PM Modi using a faulty picture of a Pakistani flyover! Now the fresh controversy created by @digvijaya_28 is that in an attempt to malign PM Modi’s popularity, he has shared a picture of a flyover bridge and has said that it is of Bhopal. — गौरव मिश्र 🇮🇳 (@Gauravmtweet) June 10, 2018

But the biggest nightmare for Digvijay Singh came true as CM of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan himself exposed the fake news conspiracy by Digvijay Singh.

पता नहीं इनको ऐसा क्यों लगा कि मध्यप्रदेश में आज भी उनके ज़माने जैसी धाँधलियाँ होती होंगी! यह वह हैं जो ज़मीन पर तो छोड़िए, अपने ट्विटर हैंडल पर भी पूल ठीक से नहीं बना पाए। pic.twitter.com/3xhjKUoa5M — Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) June 10, 2018

Digvijay Singh has now apologised after the backlash, but it seems that the damage has already been done.

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