In what appears to be the best PR stunt of 2017, a tweet of a Modi ‘bhakt’ recently went viral. The ‘bhakt’, named Shilpi Tewari, tweeted out that she wanted Modi’s stole that he wore on the day of Mahashivaratri.
To her surprise, Modi pulled a Sushma Swaraj and had the stole delivered to Shilpi Tewari the very same day. Sounds heartwarming, right?
“Feel Lucky if you are a Modi Bhakt because all your wishes will be fulfilled.” said Shilpi.
Here’s some info you didn’t know: Shilpi is the former aide of HRD minister Smriti Irani. Known to be an avid BJP supporter, she was also in the limelight after a report found out that her Twitter account hosted one of the allegedly doctored JNU videos and was also criticized for campaigning strongly for nationalism during the entire JNU fiasco.
The entire story of a bhakt-modi virtual meetup seems a little shallow when you are aware of the fact that the Bhakt is a BJP insider and not just another common Modi follower.
It all began with this tweet:
I WANT that stole of @narendramodi!! pic.twitter.com/fGywtkAFXC
— shilpi tewari (@shilpitewari) February 24, 2017
And then this happened:
Overwhelmed to receive blessings of Adiyogi from modern India's Karmayogi, PM @narendramodi, who is covering miles daily yet hears us all! pic.twitter.com/QoT2pF6kK7
— shilpi tewari (@shilpitewari) February 25, 2017
PM @narendramodi sent me this blessing because I had tweeted yesterday that I want this stole. Am I dreaming??https://t.co/nSoxL0Cbbm
— shilpi tewari (@shilpitewari) February 25, 2017
And it turned into a whole thing on Twitter:
@shilpitewari wow, just wow feeling… same day delivery bhi aa gayi 25.02.2017 .. he just love surprising everyone
— वरुण यादव (@varunyadav29) February 25, 2017
@shilpitewari Wow!!! Hats off to our PM!! What a wonderful gesture!! & I feel envious too..that is one awesome stole
— Rita Singh (@Rita_2110) February 25, 2017
@shilpitewari Woah lucky lucky you. Also thanks for making us all jealous
— The Masakadzas (@Nesenag) February 25, 2017
While this story looks like a perfect example of how much Modi loves his fans, the fact that the ‘fan’ isn’t really a common man seems kind of disheartening and makes the whole thing looking like a PR stunt.
What are your thoughts?
