Union Minister Harsh Vardhan on Monday congratulated former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on her ‘appointment’ as the new Governor of Andhra Pradesh before deleting his tweet minutes later.
Harsh Vardhan’s tweet had read, “Congratulations and best wishes to my elder sister and veteran BJP leader, former External Affairs Minister Mrs Sushma Swaraj on being appointed as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh. People of the state will benefit immensely from her long experience in every field.”
But, moments later, the union minister deleted his tweet. This was followed by Swaraj herself taking to social media to deny the reports of her appointment as the Governor. She wrote, “The news about my appointment as Governor of Andhra Pradesh is not true.”
The news about my appointment as Governor of Andhra Pradesh is not true.
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) June 10, 2019
Her subsequent tweet read, “I called on the Vice President of India Shri Venkaiah Naidu ji on demitting office as Minister of External affairs. This was enough for Twitter to appoint me as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh.”
I called on the Vice President of India Shri Venkaiah Naidu ji on demitting office as Minister of External affairs. This was enough for Twitter to appoint me as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh.
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) June 10, 2019
This was not enough to stop her fans on social media from congratulating her on the reported appointment as the Andhra Governor.
Congratulations to Shree @SushmaSwaraj for appointing as governor of Andhra Pradesh. In good governance of you, Andhra Pradesh will surely embark a new height. ??#SushmaSwaraj#Governer#AndhraPradesh#SushmaSwaraj https://t.co/d4ouUhuF4I
— Prasanth Sivan (@PrasanthSivan10) June 10, 2019
@SushmaSwaraj I was expecting nothing less than a President of India #SushmaSwaraj
— Meenakshi (@cmeenakshi87) June 10, 2019
Many congratulations to Smt #SushmaSwaraj ji on her appointment as Governor of Andhra Pradesh. @SushmaSwaraj ji has done amazing work while being in MEA, we are sure she will lift Andra to new heights with her valuable guidance. pic.twitter.com/6m59RJKQu0
— Amandeep Singh (@aman4mchd) June 10, 2019
Congrtulation to #SushmaSwaraj on sowrning the seat of governor of AP. May your new life as governor be auspicious.
New way new problems & I definitely sure you shall handle it successfully as you have been handling pic.twitter.com/NbZPafCMG2— anilbargujar (@anil_bargujar) June 10, 2019
Swaraj had decided not to contest this year’s Lok Sabha polls.