Fact check: Viral 'poster' urging people to give standing ovation for PM Modi is false
Bengaluru, Apr 08: A viral poster has been circulating on various social media platforms urging people to give Prime Minister Narendra Modi a standing ovation for five minutes on 12 April, Sunday over his fight against COVID-19.
With a picture of PM Modi, the message reads, "This man has done so much for us and our nation. This Sunday on 12th of April 2020, 5 pm let us give a standing ovation and salute our Prime Minister."
Critics of the Prime Minister had shared the poster on social media while questioning the underlining sycophancy.
Prasar
Bharati
News
Services
in
their
official
Twitter
handle
wrote,''Fact
Check:
The
origins
of
this
poster
which
is
doing
rounds
in
some
social
media
circuits
is
questionable
and
suspect.
People
are
requested
to
not
pay
any
attention
to
it.
PM
@narendramodi
has
said
prima
facie
this
seems
to
be
an
attempt
to
drag
his
name
into
controversy.''
Fact Check:
— Prasar Bharati News Services (@PBNS_India) April 8, 2020
The origins of this poster which is doing rounds in some social media circuits is questionable and suspect. People are requested to not pay any attention to it. PM @narendramodi has said prima facie this seems to be an attempt to drag his name into controversy. pic.twitter.com/UIEBD4ivDI
Even,
the
PM
denounced
the
move
calling
it
an
act
of
mischief.
PM Modi said that if someone really loves and wants to honour him they should take the responsibility of a poor family, at least as long as the coronavirus crisis continues. He added that there can be no greater honour for him than this.