A barrage of commentary were received following an apparent teleprompter malfunction during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s virtual address to the World Economic Forum.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was caught off guard as his teleprompter malfunctioned during his virtual presentation to the World Economic Forum’s Davos Summit on Monday which attracted much unwanted commentary.
Congress’ senior leader and Lok Sabha MP Rahul Gandhi wasted no time in slamming him.
Rahul Gandhi, a Congress leader and MP, poked fun at the Prime Minister, stating that even the teleprompter could not take so many lies and that he couldn’t speak without it. The government has yet to comment on what caused the disruption in the PM’s speech, but the incident has sparked a stir on Twitter, with memes abounding.
In his tweet, Gandhi wrote, “Even Teleprompter could not bear such lies.”
इतना झूठ Teleprompter भी नहीं झेल पाया।
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) January 18, 2022
Several verified Twitter trolls, some of them masquerading as journalists, saw the technical glitch as an opportunity to run their agenda-filled propaganda against PM Modi.
The Wire journalist is Rohini Singh said, “Seems some poor technicians in the PMO will lose their job today. Just hope they aren’t charged with sedition/UAPA and what not. Noida media must be on standby to take out some Khalistani link to the embarrassment today!”
Seems some poor technicians in the PMO will lose their job today. Just hope they aren’t charged with sedition/UAPA and what not. Noida media must be on standby to take out some Khalistani link to the embarrassment today!
— Rohini Singh (@rohini_sgh) January 17, 2022
Since Monday night, #TeleprompterPM has been trending on micro-blogging site Twitter.
😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/fCVSt3Oast
— SHILPI SINGH (@ShilpiSinghINC) January 18, 2022
Congress leader Jignesh Mevani said, “Worried about teleprompter operator. We all know how vindictive he can get, especially when it’s his own inadequacies are exposed.”
Worried about teleprompter operator. We all know how vindictive he can get, especially when it’s his own inadequacies are exposed. #TeleprompterPM
— Jignesh Mevani (@jigneshmevani80) January 17, 2022
Maharashtra Congress SM Coordinator Pankaj Saraf said, “This movement, it is proved he is just an actor (Parrot), not a leader.”
This movement, it is proved he is just an actor (Parrot), not a leader.#TeleprompterPM pic.twitter.com/bdSDVY7bLg
— Pankaj Saraf ✋ (@saraf_pankaj) January 17, 2022
