SHILLONG: Governor Tathagata Roy is back to his self and on Monday, he made another controversial remark on Twitter, the first after he came to Meghalaya, and this time on the 10th anniversary of 26/11.
Roy said in his tweet that the terror attack was “a slaughter of innocents (except Muslims)” and later removed it with apology.
“10th anniversary today of the Paki-sponsored slaughter of innocents (except Muslims) at Mumbai, popularly called 26/11. Does anyone remember why we did not even downgrade our diplomatic relations with the Pakis (let alone break off such relations or go to war?),” Roy’s tweet said.
The governor, however, was quick to delete it and apologise. “I was misinformed of the Paki-sponsored killers of 26/11 having spared Muslims. In fact several Muslims were killed. It was a mistake of facts and I am sorry for the same. The relevant tweet has been deleted,” he said in another tweet.
Besides the error of facts, the language used by a constitutional head of state was improper. The word “Paki” is seen as a derogatory word used for a Pakistani.
Subsequently, Roy withdrew the second tweet too and came up with a third post. “The tweet relating to 26/11 contained a factual mistake. It has been deleted with apologies. No further enquiries please,” he wrote in his third post.
The terror attack killed 166 people and injured over 300.
