CNN USA Gets Sushma Swaraj’s Name Wrong, Adds Chowkidar As Part Of Her Name

In March 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and top BJP leaders prefixed ‘Chowkidar’ to their names on Twitter as part of the party’s ‘Main Bhi Chowkidar‘ campaign.

Since then, their Twitter handles read Chowkidar before their names. Now this is sure to cause confusion.

A Twitter user posted this screenshot according to which CNN US mentioned Sushma Swaraj’s name as Chowkidar Sushma Swaraj.

ROFL! @cnn thinks @SushmaSwaraj ‘s actual name is “Chowkidar Sushma Swaraj” 😂🤣😆 pic.twitter.com/Fx1m2JdlV5
— Gautam Ghosh (@GautamGhosh) May 2, 2019

It did give people a chance to make fun of the name and many already saw that coming.

Not the fault of CNN if the MOE goes bonkers.
— SB (@docshovan) May 2, 2019

Any sane person will think so. You don’t expect a diplomat / a minister at such high level to use such salutations. Bit silly of BJP to do that.
— Sadaf Sayeed 🇮🇳 (@Sadafsayeed) May 2, 2019

And if CNN looked at other Chowkidar handles, they might assume that all of the ministers are cousins, with the same last name. 😀 (since Indians tend to write their last name first)
— Vijayanand Katikala (@vijayanandelias) May 2, 2019

😂😂😂 Not the first time though. BBC did the same for the PM.🤦‍♀️
— Husna ‏ (@rumiesque) May 2, 2019

They must be wondering of how to even pronounce it 😂
— Soniya Sharma (@soniyasharmahr) May 2, 2019

This is beyond funny 😁
— Rajesh Rawat (@Sphinx15) May 2, 2019

World is on Trolling spree 😂😂
— ɐɯɹɐɥs ɥssuɐ (@anshsharma) May 2, 2019

So silly to have the top officials of the country posing as Chowkidar for a political campaign. A political party does not come before the country. Our country does!
— Kajal Pradeep (@KajaalPradeep) May 3, 2019