Yesterday, on Twitter, a correspondent at Navbharat Times (NBT), Damodar Vyas, attacked the BJP Delhi’s Unit spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga. In his tweet, Damodar Vyas alleged Tajinder Bagga of posting an erroneous tweet regarding the catering services of the Indian Railways.
On January 20, BJP spokesperson tweeted a post praising the Railway’s effort of enhancing ‘the catering services on the wheels’. In his tweet, he stated.
@TajinderBagga ये सही में एक अच्छा काम हुआ है इसकी सराहना होनी चाहिए। मेरा बस आपसे और @RailMinIndia से एक ही सवाल है। ये 20 जनवरी का नाश्ता 19 जनवरी की शाम में ही यात्री को कैसे दिया गया। या फिर यही नाश्ता 20 जनवरी को दिया जाना है? तो आमलेट बासी नहीं हो जाएगा? @PiyushGoyal pic.twitter.com/yQYpBp1mD9
— Damodar vyas (@damuNBT) January 20, 2019
Since journalist’s version was different to that of Bagga, tfipost.com decided to cross-check the timing of Bagga’s tweet. Based on the multiple verifications we conducted on several devices which had their time and date set according to Indian Standard Time, we found that Bagga had tweeted the image on the morning of the 20th of January, the same day on which the omelet was supposed to be served according to the mentioning on the box. If the journalist’s Twitter feed showed differently, it is evident that he was either in a different time zone or the date and time settings of his device were set to another time-zone, a time-zone where it was still the 19th of January at the time the journalist thought he was calling out Bagga’s bluff. Pointing at this fact, Bagga too tweeted back as;
बड़े भाई क्योंकि आज 20 ही है । अपने मोबाइल की टाइम जोन में इंडिया कर दीजिए आपको भी 20 ही दिखाई देगा ? pic.twitter.com/6lxWyRJxVl
— Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga (@TajinderBagga) January 20, 2019
Not only that, journalist’s mistake was pointed out by others as well. Singh Varun, in his tweet, posted the screenshot of Tajinder Bagga’s original tweet;
I think @damuNBT your phone time has some issue. You need to correct it, the timeline is that of today, not that of y’day. I took a screenshot from my phone for your reference or else you may start doubting me too. pic.twitter.com/cAT88OlGCb
— Singh Varun (@singhvarun) January 20, 2019
But, Damodar Vyas didn’t turn out to be someone who realizes mistakes easily. He went one step further without realizing his mistake and asked BJP spokesperson to upload the bills of the food to ‘authenticate’ his truth. In another tweet he asked;
छोटे भाई… स्नैपशॉट आपके फोन का है.. मेरे फोन का नहीं। वैसे ये कौनसी ट्रेन थी, जिसमें आपने यात्रा की थी। मुझे उम्मीद है कि @RailMinIndia के सर्कुलर के अनुसार और आप जागरुक नागरिक हैं इसलिए बिल तो लिया ही होगा। कृपया बिल की तस्वीर भी पोस्ट करेंगे, तो मार्गदर्शन होगा।
— Damodar vyas (@damuNBT) January 20, 2019
After a while, he realized his mistake and went offline but twitteratis were in no mood to spare him. While Singh Varun’s tweet was a straight forward one, another twitterati, Arpan Saxena made fun of the NBT correspondent in his tweet, saying;
उम्मीद है के अगली बार अपनी उंगअलियों को दूरभाष के कुंजीपटल पर नचाने से पहले अपने दिमाग के कछुओं को खोल मे से बाहर निकल लोगे |
वैसे, काहे की उम्मीद और वो भी किस से..— Arpan Saxena (@IArpanSaxena) January 20, 2019
Few other folks mocked the NBT, as they wondered how a national media house could hire such a ‘conscious’ employee;
@NavbharatTimes मे सब तुम्हारे जैसे गधे ही भरे है क्या? @vineetjaintimes
— ?? Vgarg (@vgarg01) January 21, 2019
Such elements without any proper information try to raise questions on the functioning of the Indian Railways. Moreover, since coming to power in 2014, the Modi government has taken numerous steps to improve the functioning of the Indian Railways.
In the year 2018 only, the Indian Railways achieved many milestones including Self-propelled trains, First Railway University opened, Diesel locomotive converted into an electric one, Bogibeel Bridge inaugurated and many more.
By making these fake allegations, time and again, the left-liberal media has tried to show the BJP government in bad light. Like all other instances, this time too, the intention to corner the Indian Railways stands well exposed.
