Embarrassment For Congress As Priyanka Gandhi Makes Repeated Mistakes In Condolence Message To Sitaram Yechury

In much embarrassment for the Congress party, its general secretary Priyanka Gandhi made repeated mistakes in her Twitter posts condoling the demise of Sitaram Yechury's son.

Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury lost his 34-year-old son Ashish on Thursday morning (22 April) to Coronavirus. Yechury shared the news on his Twitter account.

In her first tweet posted around 10.34 am, Gandhi wrote ‘Sitaram Kesari’ instead of ‘Sitaram Yechury’.

Sitaram Kesari is a former Congress president who passed away in 2000 at the age of 80.

After users trolled her for the mistake, Gandhi deleted this post too. Finally, she tweeted out the correct post, which continues to show on her timeline. It says, “My deepest condolences to Shri Sitaram Yechury and his family. There are no words at a time like this, only prayers. May you have courage.”

Ashish was a journalist by profession. He would have turned 35 in June. He was admitted at Gurgaon’s Medanta Hospital, as per a report by Indian Express.

Leaders across party lines, including President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveyed their condolences.