It’s 27th Independence Day for BMC Mayor!

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipality Corporation (BMC) Mayor Ananta Narayan Jena Wednesday landed in a controversy after a tweet on his twitter handle mentioned it was the 27th Independence Day instead of 72nd Independence Day.

Wishing the people, Jena wrote- “Celebrating the 27^th Independence day in different places of Bhubaneswar. On this auspicious occasion, I extend my best wishes to all.

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https://twitter.com/mayorbmc/status/1029628797467992064

The tweet attracted lot of criticism from the social media users and people around the capital city. A user commented ‘MayorSahab R U high on drugs while others asked him to remove or correct the tweet. But, it seems Jena is unaware of the controversial tweet as it is still on the micro blogging site unedited.

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