Piyush Goyal tweets Vande Bharat Express train video; faces condemnation for posting doctored one
New Delhi, Feb 11: Piyush Goyal, the Union Minister for Railways, posted a speeded-up video of the Vande Bharat Express in an attempt to show Narendra Modi's Make in India manufacturing campaign.
Taking to Twitter, Goyal posted a video of the Vande Bharat Express with the text,"It's a bird...It's a plane...Watch India's first semi-high speed train built under 'Make in India' initiative, Vande Bharat Express zooming past at lightening speed." The same video was also posted on Goyal's official Facebook account.
It’s a bird...It’s a plane...Watch India’s first semi-high speed train built under ‘Make in India’ initiative, Vande Bharat Express zooming past at lightening speed. pic.twitter.com/KbbaojAdjO
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) February 10, 2019
The video was also retweeted by Ram Madhav, the National General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
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However, this didn't go well with the Twitterati and they said that the video posted is not original, and has in fact been speeded up.
Thanks to @PiyushGoyal jee , Even bullock cart speed risen up under Modi Government 😍🙏 pic.twitter.com/p9165FlBm7
— ☭ Comrade Dostam ☭ (@dostam_comrade) February 10, 2019
It's a bird..It's a plane.. It's India's first semi high speed train. வாம்மா மின்னல். pic.twitter.com/MY2KBFrDva
— செந்தில் / Chenthil (@chenthil_nathan) February 10, 2019
"India’s first semi-high speed train" claims Piyush Goyal, tweeting a video in 2x speed.
— Punster® (@Pun_Starr) February 10, 2019
Tomorrow, he'll tweet the same video in 4x speed & call it "India's first bullet train."
This is how Piyush Goyal has been working at double speed in order to develop Railways & 420 other ministries. (2019) pic.twitter.com/Zo4U0TK2fH
— History of India (@RealHistoryPic) February 10, 2019
Aur Aur Tez... Dream train of piyush Goyal ji ... ( under the leadership of Modiji) 😍 pic.twitter.com/Kv1GKVdVqy
— अमर اکبر Anthony 🕺 (@amarakhbaranth1) February 10, 2019
Here's the original video:
The Vande Bharat express, earlier known as the Train 18, will be officially made public on February 15. The train has the capability of speeding up to 180 kmp/h, something which duly happened in its trial run.