Meta India apologised on Wednesday for Mark Zuckerberg's remark that the incumbent government in India lost power in the 2024 elections, calling it an "inadvertent error". The apology by Meta India's Vice President comes a day after BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, who heads the parliamentary panel on IT, said it would summon the company's officials over the remark.

"Mark Zuckerberg's observation that many incumbent parties were not re-elected in the 2024 elections holds true for several countries, BUT not India. We would like to apologise for this inadvertent error. India remains an incredibly important country for
Meta, and we look forward to being at the heart of its innovative future," Shivnath Thukral, Meta India's Vice President, tweeted, while replying to Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw's post.

Re-tweeting Thukral's post, Nishikant Dubey said the apology was a "victory of the common citizens" of India.

"The Indian Parliament and government have the blessings and trust of 1.4 billion people. An official from Meta India has finally apologised for their mistakes. This victory belongs to the common citizens of India," Dubey tweeted.

However, he underscored that the House panel would summon Meta and other social media platforms on other matters in the future.

"Narendra Modi has been elected as Prime Minister for the third time. The people have introduced the country's strongest leadership to the world. We will summon these social platforms on other matters in the future," the BJP MP said.

Appearing on the Joe Rogan podcast, Zuckerberg, who owns social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram, said most incumbent governments, including the one in India, had been voted out of power after the Covid-19 pandemic.

Union ministers like Ashwini Vaishnaw and BJP MPs were quick to call out the error by the Meta CEO and sought an apology.

"People of India reaffirmed their trust in the NDA led by PM Narendra Modi's leadership... Zuckerberg's claim that most incumbent governments, including India in 2024 elections, lost post-COVID is factually incorrect," Vaishnaw tweeted.

Source: India Today