The Lok Sabha elections are going to be held soon in India and all the political parties are in full swing for campaigning their candidates. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has always called himself a watchman (Chowkidar) and promised the country that he will neither indulge in corruption nor let anyone else practice it.
However, the opposition parties accused him of being involved in corruption and gave a slogan “Chowkidar Hi Chor Hai” which loosely translates to ‘watchman is a thief or robber’. In order to make people believe that he is true to his words, PM Modi added Chowkidar before his name on his social media accounts.
Soon all the supporters and political leaders of BJP followed him and added Chowkidar before their names on social media accounts. In order to make campaign more popular, merchandise is also being sold online which includes T-shirt and PM Modi has himself shared a tweet about it, asking his followers whether they have ordered it or not.
The official Twitter handle of NaMo Merchandise shared a pic of the T-shirt and wrote,
“Phir Ek Baar, NaMo Chowkidar!
India is showing its support for NaMo Again with Main Bhi Chowkidar T-shirts!
Get your own at http://bit.ly/namo_again or on the NaMo App at http://nm4.in/dnldapp”
Check out the tweet:
Phir Ek Baar, NaMo Chowkidar!
India is showing its support for NaMo Again with Main Bhi Chowkidar T-shirts!
Get your own at https://t.co/6Czw3BXYBr or on the NaMo App at https://t.co/TQbP2KsOFF pic.twitter.com/ZKbfIFIehV— NaMo Merchandise (@namomerchandise) March 23, 2019
PM Modi retweeted it with caption,
“The #MainBhiChowkidar programme on the 31st will look even better with the attractive merchandise!
Have you ordered yours?”
Here’s the tweet of the Indian Prime Minister:
The #MainBhiChowkidar programme on the 31st will look even better with the attractive merchandise!
Have you ordered yours? https://t.co/HVgLzNyClq
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 24, 2019
After this tweet, social media users trolled and slammed Modi for selling T-shirts despite being the Prime Minister of a country. Here are some of the selected reactions:
#1
समझ नहीं आ रहा आप ज़्यादा अच्छा क्या बेचते हैं- देश या T-shirt 🤔😁
— Scotchy(Team) (@scotchism) March 24, 2019
#2
https://twitter.com/deepsealioness/status/1110059537040441344
#3
https://twitter.com/HopeTransition/status/1109877807881093122
#4
Wah Wah Wah Wah Wah Wah !
What a shame for d Country where PM proves daily dat he can't uphold d decorum of his post by his shameful acts and utterances.
Shame Shame Shame Shame…….
……………………………..Shame…#GoBackModi #BhaagModiBhaag #BJP_भगाओ_देश_बचाओ— Ajay 1712✋🏼 (@ASg1956) March 25, 2019
#5
What an embarassment this PM is. Always in a salesman mode.
— Mehek (@MehekF) March 25, 2019
#6
ये पहले चाय वाला बना फिर चौकीदार अब चड्डी बनियान टी शर्ट्स की दुकान है! 😂
— KARAN THAPAR︎ ︎ ︎ ︎︎ ︎ ︎ ︎︎ ︎ ︎ ︎︎ ︎ ︎ ︎︎ ︎ ︎ DESI (@DesiStupides) March 24, 2019
#7
I seriously doubt if the PM even knows that he has a @verified @Twitter account and someone from IT cell is tweeting from the @narendramodi account. No self-respecting PM would peddle merchandise from his account.
— FRC 🇮🇳 (@ExpertAnalystix) March 24, 2019
#8
Seriously ?? Marketing merchandise. Please come out of this chowkidar thing asap .
— rakesh sahu (@rakeshsahu59) March 24, 2019
#9
Omg …I cant believe all this is real…which countries PM does all this
— Truth Prevails (@birdchir) March 24, 2019
#10
https://twitter.com/Singh_m5/status/1109799765255041024
#11
सर, एक पुराना सोफे है वो bi बिकवा दिजीये।
किसी अच्छे दाम में। 15% आपके।🙏🙏🙏
एक ट्वीट बस। #Kya_H_Ye #ChowkidarChorHai #VoteKar— Sagar (@TheSagarSharma) March 24, 2019
#12
Don’t want, thanks. No, not even for free. Sorry bye. Arey jao na, green light ho gaya hai, jaane do.
— kuns (@kunsahuja) March 25, 2019
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