The picture of a Pakistani girl drawing a map of the Muslim country's flag was printed on the cover page of a booklet meant to promote Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA) - a campaign to clean up the streets, roads and infrastructure of India's cities, towns, and rural areas - in Bihar's Jamui district. The photo has sparked controversy in the Indian state.
The picture shows a smiling girl of about five sitting in a chair and drawing a flag of Pakistan on a lined notebook page that was then used for 'Swachh Jamui Swasth Jamui'. The photo was earlier used by UNICEF in Pakistan to spread awareness about the importance of educating girls, according to the reports.
"It is a grave error, and it was not spotted earlier. The proposal to print the notebooks was approved by then district magistrate Dr Kaushal Kishore," said Sudhir Kumar, the district coordinator of 'Swachh Bharat' campaign. According to NDTV, the error seems to have slipped by and an investigation has been ordered to ascertain how the photograph got printed on about 5,000 booklets that were distributed to schoolchildren last year.
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