Mahajan has been admitted to Bombay Hospital in Indore with fever.
INDORE: Rumours regarding the death of former Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan went viral late Thursday night, but were quickly refuted by her staff. The rumours began swirling around 11pm, and some news channels even began putting out her ‘death’ as ‘breaking news’ without confirming it. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor too tweeted his condolences. He retracted his statement as soon as BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya and others pointed out that it was false.
Mahajan has been admitted to Bombay Hospital in Indore with fever. “She is perfectly fine. Her routine tests were carried out today. She is relaxing,” said Pankaj Kshirsagar, former OSD to Mahajan.
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A popular misquote attributed to Mark Twain states: The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.
On Friday, it was the turn of former Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan (78) to announce that she is very much alive.
Her clarification came after Congress leader Shashi Tharoor and some media outlets Thursday night announced the demise of Mahajan. Tharoor and others deleted the tweets after BJP leaders pointed out that she was hale and hearty. What should I do? These people carried the news without any confirmation. They should have at least confirmed with the district administration in Indore, Mahajan is heard saying in an audio clip.
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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday courted controversy after he tweeted that former Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has passed away at 78.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday courted controversy after he tweeted that former Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has passed away at 78. He was soon corrected by BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya, who informed via Twitter that Mahajan is hale and hearty. Tharoor then deleted his tweet and posted a new one saying, “I wonder what motivates people to invent and spread such evil news that takes in people.”
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Along with his written complaint, Dedge attached a screenshot of the social media post, which wrongly mentioned about the death of 78-year-old Mahajan.