NEW DELHI: Full service carrier Vistara was caught in a social media storm on Sunday for tweeting and later deleting a picture of its staff with a retired major general.
“We do not want our platform to be disrespectful or hurtful to anyone. Our decision to remove the post was driven by the objective of deleting such comments,” Vistara said in a statement posted on its Twitter handle.
The airline had tweeted a picture of retired major general G D Bakshi along with two Vistara crew members standing behind him inside an aircraft, saying that it was honoured to have him onboard. The tweet attracted criticism, with many citing allegedly controversial comments made by him on various occasions.
“Honored to have Major General G D Bakshi (Retd), a decorated Kargil war hero onboard our flight today. Thank you Sir, for your service to the nation,” the airline tweeted.
