Social Buzz: PM Modi turns cook for ‘langar seva’, EC urges voters to please ‘Mogambo’, and more

Here are the top posts that are making the noise today!

Narendra Modi cooking for langar; Mogambo, played by Amrish Puri, in Mr India.

As the country gears up for the final three phases of Lok Sabha polls, the parties in fray, it leaders, and even the election commission try to match up to the buzz on the social media about the electoral process of the largest democracy in the world. Apart from physical campaign, they are making every effort on the digital media to stay visible and relevant.

Here are the top posts that are making the noise today!

PM Modi cooks for langar

A Prime Minister cooking for langar! This surely calls for attention. And the BJP took to Instagram to post a video reel of the exactly the same. In the video, the PM, with a saffron turban neatly tied on his head, can be seen lending a hand in a langar kitchen, preparing chapatis and lentils. The party has captioned the reel ‘Pradhan Sevak offering Langar Seva’.

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The Prime Minister today submitted his nomination for his Varanasi seat. Hestarted his day by offering prayers at Dasaswamedh Ghat in the constituency, following which he visited the Kal Bhairav temple before going for the nomination filing. He was accompanied by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP President J P Nadda, UP CM Yogi Adityanath and other NDA leaders.

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Congress shares Rahul-Modi video collage

Congress meanwhile took to X to add to the social media buzz and shared an edited video collage of Rahul Gandhi and PM Modi. In the first part, extracted from one of Gandhi’s speech, he could be heard saying, “You watch PM’s speaking. (He) is scared, will break into tears any day.” The next part, taken from one of the many interactions of the PM, shows him breaking down while saying, “Koi galti na ho jaye (hope we don’t make any mistakes). The Congress has also attached dates to these videos signifying Gandhi said it first, and it manifested.

राहुल जी ने पहले ही बताया था pic.twitter.com/H6yP9A5oYf

— Congress (@INCIndia) May 14, 2024

Congress shared the video meme with the line: ‘Rahul ji ne pehle hi bataya tha, aur woh ro diya (Rahulji had said it before and he cried)’

Meaznwhile, Election Commission of India stood firm in its social media game by using Bollywood characters and their dialogues to encourage voters to go out and vote! This time it was Mogambo — the popular villain character played by veteran actor Amrish Puri in Anil Kapoor-Sridevi starrer blockbuster film Mr India.

Don’t let Mogambo down! Exercise your right to vote and make a difference. #VoterAwareness #LokSabhaElections2024 #ECI #ChunavKaParv #DeshKaGarv #Elections2024 #YouAreTheOne pic.twitter.com/O3NsDwkX94

— Chief Electoral Officer, Haryana (@ceoharyana) May 14, 2024

Taking a cue from Mogambo’s famous dialogue ‘Mogambo Khush hua’ (Mogambo is pleased), the EC says Mogambo will be pleased only if you vote (Agar vote doge tabhi mogambo khush hoga). “Don’t let Mogambo down! Exercise your right to vote and make a difference,” the poll regulating body posted.

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