Bhutan’s former Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay slams Indian media for mistaking him with current PM Lotay Tshering in the build-up to the oath taking ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Bhutanese PM Lotay Tshering arrived Delhi this morning to attend PM Modi’s oath taking ceremony along with his new Council of Ministers. As the Indian media covered all the dignitaries and guests, Bhutanese PM was also greeted and welcomed. However, Lotay Tshering’s last name is common to Bhutan’s former PM Tshering Tobgay, few Indian media publications confused the two and misprint their photos on TV channels.

Slashing at this mistake, Former PM took to Twitter and slammed Indian media claiming that, “India’s media would be up in arms if any other country got the picture of their PM wrong. Yet they continue to embarrass themselves and insult us when it comes to identifying our PM. Bhutan may be small, but she is India’s close neighbour and a very close friend.”

India’s media would be up in arms if any other country got the picture of their PM wrong. Yet they continue to embarrass themselves and insult us when it comes to identifying our PM. Bhutan may be small, but she is India’s close neighbour and a very close friend. pic.twitter.com/AwBHF6WKqQ — Tshering Tobgay (@tsheringtobgay) May 30, 2019



Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be sworn-in soon along with his new Council of Ministers. President Ram Nath Kovind will administer the Oath of Office and Secrecy to Modi and his new Council of Ministers at a function in Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.

PM Modi will take oath for his second term at the helm of a coalition government that will be minus outgoing finance minister Arun Jaitley, in a ceremony attended by 6,000 invitees, including foreign dignitaries, allies and adversaries.