Recently, political parties in India, especially the BJP, have used social media to directly connect with their audience. However, microblogging platform Twitter has come under heavy criticism as it is accused of increasingly becoming a platform where paid or unpaid “trolls” of a particular political outfit use it for propaganda.
Not to be left behind, the Congress party has also been trying hard to increase their social media presence, albeit without much success.
The latest move by the Grand Old Party has been a series of polls titled #KnowYourLegacy, where they ask people questions such as this:
During whose administration India saw the highest quarterly GDP growth rate of 11.4%? #KnowYourLegacy
— Congress (@INCIndia) September 2, 2017
The correct answer is Manmohan Singh. #KnowYourLegacy https://t.co/mQovITEYd5
— Congress (@INCIndia) September 3, 2017
So far so good. It seems like a good attempt to remind the general public about the party’s contribution to national welfare and better its image.
Who first unveiled the Skill Certification and Monetary Reward scheme, which is now branded as “Skill India”? #KnowYourLegacy
— Congress (@INCIndia) September 3, 2017
If you’re thinking the Congress party is finally upping its social media game, hold your horses, or let’s just say, hold your donkeys!
In a completely weird poll tweeted out from the Congress’s official Twitter handle on Sunday, they wanted people to answer this: In the absence of motorable roads in Bhutan in 1958, PM Nehru rode on an animal to visit the country. What animal was it?
As if completely clueless about how social media works, given BJP’s huge presence on the platform, they added ‘donkey’ as an option. Needless to day, this option for the maximum votes.

Curiously enough, after getting trolled right, left and centre all day, the party deleted this tweet, only to put up the same poll a day later! Bizarre.
This is the “new poll” today.
In the absence of motorable roads in Bhutan in 1958, PM Nehru rode on an animal to visit the country. What animal was it? #KnowYourLegacy
— Congress (@INCIndia) September 4, 2017
RIP logic! The party got massively trolled on social media and deservedly so:
What Nehru rode is India’s “legacy”? Does @INCIndia know what the word means? And it includes ‘Donkey’ as option? Who invents these polls? pic.twitter.com/rmqsJAUjae
— কাঞ্চন গুপ্ত (@KanchanGupta) September 4, 2017
When one have IT Cell head like @divyaspandana what else can b expected 😂nehru again riding on donkey 😂 pic.twitter.com/I5sbOEf8SW
— Adv. Dhaval Nakhva (@dhaval8456) September 4, 2017
PM Nehru on Donkey in 1958 #KnowYourLegacy pic.twitter.com/NJfg9NeUNA
— Sir Zaid Hamid Insa (@SZaidHamid) September 4, 2017