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Chandigarh, August 8: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, who announced Rs 1 crore cash prize to each player from Punjab part of the Indian Men's Hockey Team that won the bronze medal at the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024 on Thursday, was trolled brutally after netizens noticed that he corrected his own posts repeatedly on social media platform X (formerly Twitter).
A screenshot shared on social media platform X showed how the first post by Punjab CM mentioned Rs 50 lakh as the cash reward to the players from Punjab. However, that post was deleted by the official handle of Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and a new post was put up.
But soon after the new post, which announced Rs 1 crore as the prize for the players, the handle deleted that post as well and uploaded a new one.
"As per our sports policy we will give ₹1 crore for each bronze medal players of Punjab..चक दे इंडिया..," the new and latest post by the CM read.
However, deleting multiple posts and changing the initial cash amount announced to the players caught the attention of netizens who were in no mood to spare the Punjab CM.
"How many more edits will take place?" asked a handle.
A user, referring to the long and public battle that Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann had with alcohol, passed an unkind remark.
The netizens' comment reminded one of the episode when as per media reports, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann was deplaned in Frankfurt for Delhi-bound Lufthansa flight as he was in an "inebriated state." Mann was on a trip to Germany from September 11-18 in 2022, and had to delay his departure as he was reportedly "drunk", claimed media reports.
Though several netizens tried to troll Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, a number of posts on X also appreciated the move by Mann to announce the cash reward for the hockey players from Punjab part of the team that created history and won the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics 2024.
