Prime Minister disapproves of ‘campaign’ to honour him

New Delhi, April 8

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed his disapproval of a reported campaign that people should give him a standing ovation for five minutes, saying it appears to be a mischief to drag him into controversy.

In a series of tweets in Hindi, he said maybe it is someone’s goodwill, “yet I insist that if you really have so much love and want to honour Modi, then take the responsibility of a poor family, at least as long as the coronavirus crisis exists.”

Modi said it has been brought to his notice that some people are running such a campaign. “At first sight, it appears to be a mischief to drag Modi in a controversy,” he wrote. Modi’s tweets were in response to an unsigned message circulating online that asked people to give him a standing ovation for five minutes at 5 pm on Sunday for the work he has been doing for the nation. — PTI