New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi showed an uncharacteristically funny side Thursday after he responded to a tweet of a photo of him. The tweet, which did not tag the prime minister, captioned a photo of Modi saying, “This is becoming a meme”. Modi’s response was just as crisp and short.
The PM’s reply said: “Most welcome….enjoy :)”
Within 10 minutes of the tweet, more than 900 people had commented to, about 2,300 people retweeted and close to 8,500 people liked the post.
The photo had been tweeted by @GappistanRadio, the same account which in 2015 got a response from Donald Trump who was campaigning for the US presidential election at the time.
"@GappistanRadio: Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz are not the answers. America needs Trump to send Hillary packing and make USA great again!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 14, 2015
Responses to Modi’s tweet have been flooding in, from funny to sarcastic. People have also been commenting on the make of the sunglasses Modi was wearing, claiming they were a pair of Maybach luxury glasses worth nearly USD 2000.
Ek faqeeri hai aap meinhttps://t.co/Veupf02z8v
— Srivatsa (@srivatsayb) December 26, 2019
https://twitter.com/PiyushSingh083/status/1210071539359469569?s=20
Sequence of events pic.twitter.com/JH0q8t1JPY
— Ankur Singh (@iAnkurSingh) December 26, 2019
Modi jee watching statue of unity from Race course, Delhi! pic.twitter.com/AGG5FoYjPy
— Anupriya Singh (@cricketwoman) December 26, 2019
"Modiji, ye chasma, ye muffler, ye style.. kya hai ye sab? Ab kya national interest ki movies me khud hi kaam karne ka iradaa hai? Mai kaha jauga fir? Modiji? Arre dekhiye to sahi idhar, pose baad me de lena." pic.twitter.com/y65eXBKVLd
— THE SKIN DOCTOR (@theskindoctor13) December 26, 2019
The photo is from Thursday morning when the Prime Minister tried to see the solar eclipse. “I could not see the Sun due to cloud cover but I did catch glimpses of the eclipse in Kozhikode and other parts on live stream. Also enriched my knowledge on the subject by interacting with experts,” Modi later tweeted.
Like many Indians, I was enthusiastic about #solareclipse2019.
Unfortunately, I could not see the Sun due to cloud cover but I did catch glimpses of the eclipse in Kozhikode and other parts on live stream. Also enriched my knowledge on the subject by interacting with experts. pic.twitter.com/EI1dcIWRIz
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 26, 2019
This isn’t the first time the PM Modi has seen a ‘meme moment’. Earlier this year, photos from his ‘Man vs Wild’ episode with Bear Grills were widely shared.
Modi: Bol Pencil
Bear Grylls : Pencil
Modi: 370 cancel pic.twitter.com/icNAq9FgG0
— Sir Yuzvendra (parody) (@SirYuzvendra) August 12, 2019
They (IAF officials) were very skeptical because it was cloudy and raining… I told them, cloud cover is good, we can escape the radars. I said you go and they did – PM Modi on his role in the planning of Balakot airstrike. #EntireCloudCover ??
pic.twitter.com/uPmjOFElLt
— Ravi Nair (@t_d_h_nair) May 12, 2019
Desh p eitna bhatankar khatra rha, kisi ki radar mein aya hi nahin ?#ModiCloudMemes pic.twitter.com/i8cD3NYnbN
— Aviral Vatsa , MBBS, DESS, PhD (@DocVatsa) May 12, 2019
What if he can not take questions head on, he surely has a plan for 'bullets'.#ModiCloudMemes pic.twitter.com/fJc6CuFP1N
— Aviral Vatsa , MBBS, DESS, PhD (@DocVatsa) May 12, 2019