Modi thinks Bhutan is Nepal or Ladakh!!!
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s slip in his address to the joint parliament session in Thimphu, has became a brief trending in Twitter on Monday (16 June).
While trying to offer appreciation to the Royal family, Modi he said ‘Nepal’ in place of Bhutan.
Mr Modi, who made two-day long first foreign visit to Bhutan, said, “I want to begin with a tribute to the Nepal…Bhutan royal family that ensured democratic values and protected people’s rights…” Later, he said “Ladakh” instead of Bhutan.
The faux pas did not go unnoticed on social media, where hash-tags like #Bhutan #Nepal and #TravelTipstoModi started trending. Interestingly, none of the Bhutanese Twitter users find this slip and interesting one.
See some of the comments made on Twitter.
PM Modi calls Bhutan as Nepal. Lol. What an epic disaster: Mihir Padhye.
Today, Modi got confused b/w Bhutan & Nepal. Hope he doesn’t embarrass India during UN or BRIC summits (sic): Jayesh Shinde.
Its fact Modi doesn’t know Geography, that’s the reason he says Nepal to Bhutan. Earlier he related Chandra Gupta Maurya & Takasila to Bihar: MSR
Modi calling Bhutan as Nepal inside Bhutan Parliament shows even he is human being and can make mistakes: Vasant Shetty
Wait for HRD Min @smritiirani to order change in our NCERT history books and make Bhutan as part of Nepal to prove our PM right: Sumit Kashyap
Heard PM Modi’s trip to Nepal was a roaring success..oops Ladakh trip…oh wait sorry for the slip of tongue I meant Bhutan: Priyanka Chaturvedi
Dear Mr. PM
I hope, you would not address Russia as USSR in the next visit to the country
As you did with #Bhutan & #Nepal. With Best Wishes: Ekhlas Ahmad
I think PM’s Nepal slip up in #Bhutan’s Parliament was part of his charm offensive. No?: Ruchica Tomar
Do not say there that Bhutan was named after the Indian football player Baichung Bhutia. JUST DO NOT DO THIS!: Tathagat Khandelwal
#traveltipstomodi sm1 tell modi that the royal family in nepal was gunned down…but yea he has always been into DD gujrati. how wud he kno: Manmohit Singh
Listen to Modi at 7:45 min in the following video.
