Soon after Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and Switzerland’s Martina Hingis won the Wimbledon women's doubles title, BBC India made a faux pas by just mentioning that it was Hingis who had won while completely ignoring Mirza. Its tweet said, "Hingis wins Wimbledon doubles final".
However, the tweet irked Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani who publicly raised an objection over the same. In a reply to BBCIndia, Smriti tweeted, "So does Sania Mirza."
Soon after Smriti's tweet, BBCIndia was forced to issue a clarification and pull out its post. It posted another tweet with the correction stating, "India's Sania Mirza wins women's Wimbledon doubles with Martina Hingis: (Correcting earlier tweet - apologies!).
BBCIndia's tweet generated furore on the social media with several posts alleging the news organisation of 'racism'. Clariying the mistake, BBC tweeted, "It was an automated tweet, which we corrected and apologised for (sic)."
Hingis and Mirza beat Russia's Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina 5-7 7-6 (7-4) 7-5 in a thrilling women's doubles final at the Wimbledon.
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