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Farhan's tweet, which received over 400 retweets and 1800 likes, elicited reactions from many including O’Brien.
Recently, Farhan Akhtar highlighted an error in a textbook depicting him as legendary athlete Milkha Singh post which Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien tweeted that the book was neither a part of government school curriculum nor was it published by the state. However, he assured that they are trying to track the private publishing company responsible for the mess up. The MP tweeted,
“Thanks Farhan. Ref the wrong pic of Milkha Singh. Checked with Education Min of State. He tells me it isn’t a text book for government schools. Nor is it published by government. Trying to track the private publishing company. They ought to correct the mistake in future editions,”
Previously, Akhtar had posted the image of a Bengali school textbook featuring the actor instead of Indian track and field legend Milkha Singh. Akhtar, who played Milkha Singh in Bollywood film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, highlighted the glaring error in a Twitter post.
Akhtar wrote, “To the Minister of School Education, West Bengal. There is a glaring error with the image used in one of the school textbooks to depict Milkha Singh-ji. Could you please request the publisher to recall and replace this book? Sincerely.”
He also tagged TMC spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Dereck O’ Brien for good measure. The tweet, which received over 400 retweets and 1800 likes, elicited reactions from many including O’Brien.
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