Shabana Azmi apologises for incorrect railways tweet
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): Actress Shabana Azmi has apologised for sharing a video of a group of workers washing dishes in muddy water, assuming they were staff of the Indian Railways.
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Jun 07, 2018 12:25 IST
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): Actress Shabana Azmi has apologised for sharing a video of a group of workers washing dishes in muddy water, assuming they were staff of the Indian Railways.
"Thank you for clarifying this. I stand corrected. Please accept my apologies," she tweeted.
Thank you for clarifying this . I stand corrected. Pls accept my apologies https://t.co/30Kodpcqfm
— Azmi Shabana (@AzmiShabana) June 5, 2018
On Monday, Azmi had tweeted a video tagging Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, where a three people were seen squatting and rinsing plates in a puddle of water in a pothole.
"@PiyushGoyal Indian Railways pls watch," she captioned the video.
https://t.co/qzDWMwJ0yi @PiyushGoyal Indian Railways pls watch
— Azmi Shabana (@AzmiShabana) June 5, 2018
However, the Ministry of Railways on Tuesday clarified that the video was of a Malaysian eatery, and not of Indian railways' staff.
"Mam, video is of Malaysian eatery which faces closure after video shows workers washing dishes in a puddle of murky water," the ministry clarified on Twitter.
Mam, video is of Malaysian eatery which faces closure after video shows workers washing dishes in puddle of murky water: Link News is https://t.co/n6U2f9fMP0
— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) June 5, 2018
.(ANI)