Shashi Tharoor admits he made “typo” in his tweet, users say “rare occasion”
New Delhi: Indian National Congress MP Shashi Tharoor who is often known for his wordsmith skills on Monday admitted that he had made a typing error after a user pointed out his “typo”.
Tharoor who is an MP from Thiruvananthapuram often sends the internet into a tizzy by using rare and uncommon words in English.
In an unusual scenario on Monday, Tharoor made a typing error in his tweet while he was praising star Indian batsman Virat Kohli for his splendid knock against arch-rivals Pakistan on Sunday at the MCG.
“And this man is both genius & authetic hero! Utterly awesome” Tharoor wrote in his tweet tagging Virat Kohli.
A user Dr. Deepti Ruth Azariah was quick to point out the error to Tharoor. She was, however, confused and wrote “Was surprised, thinking I'd spotted a typo in a @ShashiTharoor tweet, but "authetic" is a real word and makes sense in this context.”
Tharoor however admitted that it was indeed a “typo” and that he meant to write ‘authentic’ in the tweet accidentally tying “authentic” instead.
Some of the users lauded Tharoor for admitting the mistake while also adding only he can confuse people even with typing errors and make them believe that it could mean something.
They also added that it was one of those rare occasions when Tharoor can end up making mistakes while writing a tweet in English.
And this man is both genius & authetic hero! Utterly awesome @imVkohli pic.twitter.com/wRftfsrzf0
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) October 23, 2022
Was surprised, thinking I'd spotted a typo in a @ShashiTharoor tweet, but "authetic" is a real word and makes sense in this context. https://t.co/4CU0Prxz1b
— Dr Deepti Ruth Azariah 💉x3 (@perthinent) October 24, 2022
Thanks for coming to the rescue, @perthinent, but it was, alas, a typo!
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) October 24, 2022
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Congress names candidates for 8 Haryana LS seats, fields Kumari Selja, Deepender Hooda
Chandigarh (PTI): The Congress on Thursday announced candidates for eight of the nine Lok Sabha seats it is contesting in Haryana, fielding former Union minister Kumari Selja, Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Hooda and youth leader Divyanshu Budhiraja, besides two sitting MLAs.
The party has also fielded former MP Jai Prakash and leaders Satpal Brahmachari and Mahendra Pratap, according to the list released late Thursday evening.
The Congress is contesting nine of the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana. It has not yet announced its candidate for the Gurugram constituency.
The Aam Aadmi Party, a constituent of the opposition INDIA bloc, will contest the Kurukshetra seat.
Congress general secretary and former Union minister Selja will contest from the Sirsa (reserved) seat and sitting MLAs Varun Choudhary and Rao Dan Singh from the Ambala (reserved) and the Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Lok Sabha seats, respectively.
Deepender Hooda, son of former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, will enter the fray from Rohtak. He has represented the Rohtak parliamentary constituency three times in the past.
Jai Prakash has been fielded from Hisar, the Congress' Haryana youth wing president Divanshu Budhiraja from Karnal, Satpal Brahmachari from Sonipat and Mahendra Pratap from Faridabad.
