Union Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy on Saturday found himself in a controversy over sharing on Twitter a screenshot of Pakistan’s daily Dawn website carrying Nitish Kumar’s ad of vote appeal, prompting JD-U to launch a sharp attack on him and seek his immediate sacking.
Rudy, who is Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, got into the row when he shared the screenshot of Dawn website on his Twitter handle showing a poll advertisement of Nitish Kumar.
“Nitish advertises in PAKISTAN daily DAWN e-edition to woo voters in Bihar. Why Pak? Whom does he want to reach?” Rudy tweeted. However, the remarks led to an outrage on social media, after which he deleted the post.
Scores of twitteratis castigated Rudy over his “ignorance” about Google ads questioning his knowledge of cyber world arguing that Google provides ads on any site based on reader s locations and browsing habits and insisted that it’s not an ad in “Dawn”.
JD-U general secretary K C Tyagi wondered how the minister can promote skills if he himself is so “unskilled”.