Senior parliamentarian and a vocal anti-Modi leader Sharad Yadav on Saturday committed faux pas during his speech at the united opposition rally here and mixed up the infamous Bofors scam of 1980s with the Rafale row of contemporary setting.
Speaking at the rally organised by Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee and attended among others by former Congress stalwarts like Sharad Pawar and the present Congress leader Abhishekmanu Singhvi, the former JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav referred to the Bofors scam twice in his speech.
However, at the end of the speech, Mr Yadav corrected himself and apologised and said he wanted to say “Rafale…Rafale..Rafale” and not Bofors.
The chief hostess and organiser of the mega event – Ms Banerjee later remarked that such slips do happen while making speeches and what Sharad Yadav had meant was Rafale aircraft row and not Rafale.
Mr Yadav was referring to the new article on Rafale row as reported in a leading English daily. (UNI)