Hundreds of BJP leaders, workers and supporters may now have to update their social media profiles, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday requested them to remove ‘Modi Ka Parivar’ suffix from their display names.
Members and supporters of the saffron party, including Union ministers, had added ‘Modi Ka Parivar’ to their social media handles after RJD president Lalu Prasad Yadav had taken a jibe at the prime minister, saying he has no family. To this, he had retorted that the people of India are his family.
In a post on X, Modi, who took oath as the prime minister for a historic third term, said the election win of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has effectively conveyed the message it was meant to. He said the poll campaign through this social media movement has given him a lot of strength. In fact, he said, it has translated into a third consecutive win for the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), making it a “record of sorts”.
“Through the election campaign, people across India added ‘Modi Ka Parivar’ to their social media as a mark of affection towards me. I derived a lot of strength from it. The people of India have given the NDA a majority for the third consecutive time, a record of sorts, and have given us the mandate to keep working for the betterment of our nation,” he said.
He added: “With the message of all of us being one family having been effectively conveyed, I would once again thank the people of India and request that you may now remove ‘Modi Ka Parivar’ from your social media properties. The display name may change, but our bond as one Parivar striving for India’s progress remains strong and unbroken.”
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