After initiatives like ‘Janata Curfew’ and ‘9 pm 9 minutes’ by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to honour the healthcare workers amid Coronavirus outbreak, a campaign is being run on social media urging people to ‘stand for 5 minutes in their balconies to honour PM Modi on Sunday (April 12, 2020) at 5 pm’.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday clarified that the government has not started any such campaign and further said that ‘it seems like mischief to drag him into controversies’.
In a series of tweets, PM Modi said: “It has been brought to my attention that some people are running a campaign that to honour Modi stand for 5 minutes. At first glance, it seems like mischief to drag Modi into controversies.”
मेरे ध्यान में लाया गया है कि कुछ लोग यह मुहिम चला रहे हैं कि 5 मिनट खड़े रहकर मोदी को सम्मानित किया जाए। पहली नजर में तो यह मोदी को विवादों में घसीटने की कोई खुराफात लगती है।
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 8, 2020
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“Maybe someone is doing out of 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. There can be no greater honour for me than this,” PM Modi added.
हो सकता है कि यह किसी की सदिच्छा हो, तो भी मेरा आग्रह है कि यदि सचमुच में आपके मन में इतना प्यार है और मोदी को सम्मानित ही करना है तो एक गरीब परिवार की जिम्मेदारी कम से कम तब तक उठाइए, जब तक कोरोना वायरस का संकट है। मेरे लिए इससे बड़ा सम्मान कोई हो ही नहीं सकता।
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 8, 2020
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