Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar received flak on Thursday after he tweeted a picture of India as it stood before 2014.
The Minister had taken to Twitter, to talk about a national level hackathon.
"36 hrs of non-stop coding across 26 cities to develop innovative solutions for 598 problems posed by 29 ministries.#SmartIndiaHackathon2017,"(sic) he tweeted.
However, people soon realised that the map showed the combined state of Andhra Pradesh as it stood, before Telangana was bifurcated from it.
"Why is Telangana not shown as a separate state in the map?" one user asked, while another said, "Telangana demands you delete the tweet and tweet with correct picture of India."
"Why south Indian states are always ignored by some or the other reason. Where is my state Telangana in the map. Why such discrimination?" (sic) a user asked.
"It is high time Telangana State was clearly marked on all maps of India," another user declared.
As of Friday morning, 24 hours after the tweet was put up, no clarification was made and the tweet was not deleted.
36 hrs of non-stop coding across 26 cities to develop innovative solutions for 598 problems posed by 29 ministries.#SmartIndiaHackathon2017 pic.twitter.com/95xBJIbn4Y
— Prakash Javadekar (@PrakashJavdekar) March 30, 2017
@PrakashJavdekar @mygovindia @Persistentsys Why is Telangana not shown as a separate state in the map?
— Sushil Rao (@sushilrTOI) March 30, 2017
@PrakashJavdekar Ji
— Venkat Gandhi (@gandhi_pv) March 30, 2017
Telangana demands you delete the tweet and tweet with correct picture of India
@PrakashJavdekar @mygovindia @BJP4India @DDNewsLive Why south Indian states are always ignored by some or the other reason. Where is my state Telangana in the map. Why such discrimination ?
— Arun Raghav (@arunfrnd4u) March 30, 2017
@PrakashJavdekar @mygovindia @Persistentsys @IndiaKaIdea @RMPrabodhini @BJP4India @DDNewsLive @JECRC_Jaipur @COEPImpressions It is high time Telangana State was clearly marked on all maps of India.
— Sanghamitra Malik (@Ilovehyderabad) March 30, 2017
@PrakashJavdekar @mygovindia @Persistentsys @IndiaKaIdea @RMPrabodhini @BJP4India @DDNewsLive @JECRC_Jaipur @COEPImpressions What will kids learn if @HRDMinistry shows India map without @telangana
— Kiran Kumar Goli (@kirankumargoli) March 30, 2017
@PrakashJavdekar @mygovindia @Persistentsys @IndiaKaIdea @RMPrabodhini @BJP4India @DDNewsLive @JECRC_Jaipur @COEPImpressions @balkasumantrs @RaoKavitha @KTRTRS @KCR_TRS_CM
— Laxmi (@Laxmisaudi) March 30, 2017
Can you please delete this map or change it to a one with Telangana
@PrakashJavdekar @HRDMinistry @mygovindia @Persistentsys @IndiaKaIdea @RMPrabodhini @BJP4India @DDNewsLive @JECRC_Jaipur @COEPImpressions Where is the Telangana state. Please don't say it's hacked??
— Abhi (@abbhyi_143) March 30, 2017