Author: Karnika Kohli
Publication: The Times of India
Date: March 8, 2014
URL: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/social-media/Lesson-for-AAP-leader-Meera-Sanyal-The-internet-never-forgets/articleshow/31662129.cms?intenttarget=no

Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal went to Gujarat on Wednesday to 'expose' chief minister Narendra Modi's development claims.

 "For the past one year biggest conspiracy in the history of Independent India is being played out. Everyone is saying that Gujarat has good governance with minimum corruption. In my visit to villages and cities there I found these claims are far from truth," said the former Delhi chief minister.

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 "Each person I interacted told me that nothing happens without giving bribe. Without bribe, you cannot have a license or a BPL card and cannot run an industry. The basic infrastructure is in shambles," added Kejriwal.

 While AAP supporters continued to thrash Modi's claims, party leader Meera Sanyal's tweets praising the Gujarat CM came back to haunt her.

 Sanyal, who is contesting the Lok Sabha election from Mumbai South with an AAP ticket, went on a tour of Gujarat in 2012. Overwhelmed with the state's development, she tweeted praises for Narendra Modi.

 Here are some of her tweets:

Meera Sanyal
@meerasanyal

Now in Kutch Gujarat. Weather still pleasant, & roads in better shape than Mumbai ! Locals say enhanced investment post Bhuj quake, helped
10:31 AM - 15 Mar 2012

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Meera Sanyal
@meerasanyal

अब गाँधीनगर में - Now in Gandhinagar, Amdavad's Gurgaon ! IIT Gandhinagar, Info city global IT hub, beautiful avenues - v well planned.
10:10 AM - 19 Mar 2012
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Meera Sanyal
@meerasanyal

Every village in Gujarat has 24x7 power courtesy Jyoti Gram Yojna. Solar not visible. Some villages have gas, but many still use firewood
2:15 PM - 20 Mar 2012
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As soon as these tweets were retweeted by Rahul Roushan, founder of Faking News, social media went into an overdrive and soon old blog posts by Sanyal praising Gujarat's development resurfaced.

Purushottam Kumar
@pkburnwal

Here is her blog http://
meerasanyal.wordpress.com/2012/03/31/hari-bhai-of-kiyadaar-the-blue-revolution-2/
 … and tweets which tears apart all the lies of @ArvindKejriwal (2/2) cc @AamAadmiParty @msisodia
1:14 PM - 7 Mar 2014

Hari Bhai of Kiyadaar & the Blue Revolution

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Rahul Roushan @rahulroushan

Meera Sanyal could have said what Kumar Vishwas and Nitish Kumar had said. "I was in Gujarat, so said those things out of courtesy."
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Rahul Roushan
@rahulroushan

Now she has made it all about who takes credit. And she is giving credit to aam aadmi for building infra and electrification. She wins.
10:45 AM - 7 Mar 2014
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Meera Sanyal
@meerasanyal

Tx for sharing my blogs ! Sad that NaMo grabs credit for success of Aam Aadmi & Aurat of Gujarat who are the heroes of my stories
9:12 AM - 7 Mar 2014
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