Guj Min misspells elephant, says error ‘intentional’

The incident took place on Friday when Chaudhary visited a government-run primary school in Deesa town of Banaskantha district, around 150km from here, as part of the 'Shala Praveshotsav' (school enrolment drive) of the government, a programme carried out every year. The episode came to light when a picture showing him writing a wrong spelling of elephant while teaching English as part of the drive went viral on social media.

The Minister of State for Urban Housing, Health and Transport, in the picture, is seen seen writing "elephent" instead of "elephant" on the blackboard.

As the issue became a hot topic of discussion among citizens on social media platforms, Chaudhary, who claims to hold an MBA degree, came out with a clarification, saying he deliberately misspelt the word to test the ability of schoolchildren to detect spelling errors.