Doc faces action for using 'Op Sindoor' for promotion
May 18, 2025
|The New Indian Express Vishakapatnam
IN an alleged attempt to promote his professional services, a doctor in Chhattisgarh used a line — "blood and water cannot flow together" — from PM Narendra Modi's speech in the wake of 'Operation Sindoor'. After a social media storm, the Bhilai-based urologist was suspended on disciplinary ground.
Dr Shivendra Singh Tiwary, associate professor general surgery in Shri Shankaracharya Institute of Medical Sciences, posted a promotional message for his medical store on social media, cleverly tying in PM Modi's quote made in the wake of 'Operation Sindoor'.
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