Social Buzz: Parties ask to ‘look between letters on keyboard’, Karnataka EC’s ‘scarecrow’ video message, and more

Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur joined the viral trend to taunt Congress. Taking to X, the BJP leader wrote: “Nehru gave away a part of _____ to China and Pakistan. Look between H and L on your keypad,” accusing the first Prime Minister of India of igniting the Jammu and Kashmir border disputes with the two neighbouring countries.

Nehru gave away a part of _____ to China and Pakistan

Look between H and L on your keypad

— Anurag Thakur (मोदी का परिवार) (@ianuragthakur) April 23, 2024

Before Thakur, Telangana unit of BJP also took to the trend and posted a fictional conversation on X between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the voters where the PM asks, “Who all are voting for BJP ?” to which the Indian voters reply, “Look at your Keyboard between Q and R”  that is “WE”

𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐢 Ji : “Who all are voting for 𝐁𝐉𝐏 ?”

Indians : “Look at your Keyboard between 𝐐 and 𝐑” 😎#AbkiBaar400Paar pic.twitter.com/KJL8nvWvzx

— BJP Telangana (@BJP4Telangana) April 23, 2024

The Kerala Congress however used the trend to take a dig at both the BJP and CPI(M) — its INDI alliance partner which it is at loggerheads with in the state. Taking to X, the Kerala wing of the grand old party wrote: “How many seats BJP and CPI(M) are going to get on June 4th in Kerala? Look between the letters P and I on your keyboard.”

How many seats BJP and CPI(M) are going to get on June 4th in Kerala?

Look between the letters P and I on your keyboard.

— Congress Kerala (@INCKerala) April 24, 2024

The letter between P and I on keyboard is ‘O’ which actually signifies “zero”.

Trinamool Congress too chipped in with a Q&A.”Q: Who is being fooled by the BJP? A: Look between Y and I on your keyboard to know,” it posted. The letter they pointed at is “U”.

Look at your keyboard to see the truth! ✨ pic.twitter.com/XwLgBRpZ3I

— All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) April 24, 2024

The posts garnered both positive and negative comments with X users joining the same trend to express their views.

‘Scarecrow’ video: EC’s message to voters

As the key constituencies in Karnataka go to the polls in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections, the state election commission is trying every trick in the book to bring voters to the booths. With an aim to woo voters to take the plunge, it posted a video showing a ‘scarecrow’ doll at put up at various places. The doll draws attention of the people around who are curious yet a bit skeptical at first to get close to it. However, after a point of time, they overcome their wariness and approaches it.

ನಾನ್ ಬೆಚ್ಚಪ್ಪ ಅಲ್ಲ, ನಾನು ಈ ಸಲ ವೋಟ್ ಮಾಡೇ ಮಾಡ್ತೀನಪ್ಪ@ECISVEEP@SpokespersonECI#ceokarnataka #streetsofkarnataka #scarecrow #bangalore #dontbehim #govote #voteindia #dontbeabechappa #pleasevotehaakrappa #bedarubombe #loksabhaelections2024 pic.twitter.com/2043qWvZjX

— Chief Electoral Officer, Karnataka (@ceo_karnataka) April 24, 2024

The video was posted by the official handle of the chief electoral officer of Karnataka to send out a message to people to not let negative elements fool them, keep them away from polling. “I am not stupid, I will vote this time” goes the caption with the video.

Vote in the name of Modi?

The Madhya Pradesh unit of Congress released a video urging people not to vote only in the name of “Modiji”. The video, which shows a BJP campaigner trying to convince an MP voter to vote for Modi, questions why field different candidates for different constituencies, if people are to vote in the name of Modi.

मोदी के नाम पर वोट देने से पहले ज़रूर सुनें pic.twitter.com/K2mjiIEdWi

— MP Congress (@INCMP) April 24, 2024

The video is captioned: “Must listen before voting in the name of Modi” in Hindi.