{"id":50056,"date":"2015-10-06T10:44:19","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T05:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/?p=50056"},"modified":"2015-10-06T12:50:12","modified_gmt":"2015-10-06T07:20:12","slug":"narendra-modis-omg-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/society\/narendra-modis-omg-moments","title":{"rendered":"Narendra Modi\u2019s \u2018OMG\u2019 moments"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Heads of State, Prime Ministers, Ministers and public figures are all known to have their \u2018Oh My God! or OMG\u2019 moments when they have let slip something they shouldn\u2019t have. Sometimes, it\u2019s just a slip, but many a times, it\u2019s also ignorance that gets them all the attention that they could well do without. The world has seen from time-to-time hilarious moments that have got picked out and highlighted in the media and the world has had a laugh at the cost of these public figures. And our very own Prime Minister Narendra Modi has had quite a few such moments!<\/p>\n

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At Facebook Headquarters<\/strong><\/p>\n

His latest \u2018OMG\u2019 moment was during his recent high profile trip to the US this September and it happened during his much publicised visit to Facebook\u2019s headquarters. Just as his interaction with Mark Zuckerberg and the visitors got over, both rose up and were speaking to a lady while camera persons were trying to click a picture of Modi.<\/p>\n

Since Zuckerberg was blocking a clear view to the cameramen, Modi brushed Zuckerberg aside to pose for the cameras, much to Zuckerberg\u2019s embarrassment. Since it was telecast live, audiences globally picked up the \u2018OMG\u2019 moment and it went viral on social media with much discussion on Narendra Modi\u2019s obsession with himself, something the opposition back home has been accusing him of.<\/p>\n

In UAE<\/strong><\/p>\n

And this one happened during the historic visit to the UAE this August, when PM Modi met Crown Prince of UAE, HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. What was to be a perfectly normal \u2018hug\u2019 reserved for the warmest greeting in the Middle East, got everyone\u2019s imagination running wild on what \u2018was\u2019 and what \u2018could have been\u2019 between the two leaders!<\/p>\n

The moment was captured and social media, at its creative and scandalous best, went viral with all forms of imaginative interpretations and all at the cost of two perfectly innocent leaders who were merely trying to bridge the gulf between two nations!<\/p>\n

In J&K<\/strong><\/p>\n

This wasn\u2019t his first. Way back in December 2013 when he was still a Prime Ministerial candidate, he created quite a stir in J&K when he spoke of a need for debate on Article 370 and whether it actually benefitted the people. This remark at a public rally raised the hackles of almost all the political parties from the valley and the press took it up in a big way. It turns out that the reference apparently was towards the denial of property rights to local Kashmiri women who marry non-Kashmiris. He spoke about how the women were not treated equally. The debate on Article 370 was meant towards this rather than abrogation of Article 370. This was another \u2018OMG\u2019 moment that he could have done without.<\/p>\n

As the CM<\/strong><\/p>\n

In yet another gaffe, in one of his earlier speeches, prior to the Article 370 one, he had committed another blunder when he mentioned Jana Sangh\u2019s founder Shyama Prasad Mukherjee\u2019s name in lieu of the Gujarati freedom fighter Shyamji Krishna Varma\u00a0while referring to the return of his ashes to India 2003 from Switzerland where his ashes were kept after his death in 1930. Narendra Modi had received the ashes as the CM of Gujarat when it was returned to India. Therefore, his confusing Shyama Prasad Mukherjee with Shyamji Krishna Varma was indeed surprising and it did embarrass his party big time.<\/p>\n

History\u2026Oops!<\/strong><\/p>\n

History doesn\u2019t seem to be Narendra Modi\u2019s strong point. In several similar \u2018OMG\u2019 moments at various occasions he has come up with some real bloopers. This one happened while he was speaking at BJP\u2019s Hunkar Rally in Bihar on 27 October 2013, when he let fly several bloopers. While speaking about the great tradition of ancient India, he mentioned Taxila as being a part of Bihar when it actually is in Pakistan near Rawalpindi. Since Nalanda and Taxila are usually mentioned together and since Nalanda is in Bihar, he probably assumed Taxila to be in Bihar as well!<\/p>\n

Another hilarious one was when he mentioned Chandragupta (of Maurya dynasty) being part of \u2018Gupta\u2019 dynasty. He continued his bloopers when he spoke of how King Porus was defeated on the banks of river Ganga, when in fact he lost the battle to Alexander on the banks of the river Jhelum in Punjab.<\/p>\n

In Bhutan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just after taking over as India\u2019s Prime Minister, he made his first overseas tour to the neighbouring Kingdom of Bhutan. His OMG moment came while addressing the Bhutan parliament. In his speech, he inadvertently referred to the royal family of \u2018Nepal\u2019 instead of \u2018Bhutan\u2019, in a very embarrassing slip-up. It was his first OMG moment after becoming the Prime Minister.<\/p>\n

In USA<\/strong><\/p>\n

And this one is the best of them all! In December 2014, during his first visit to the US, it happened when addressing Indo-Americans at the famous Madison Square Garden in New York. This was his great moment when he had world attention on him and his every move and speech during the tour attracted close media scrutiny. While addressing the highly energised, excited and vocal Indian diaspora, he referred to Mahatma Gandhi as \u2018Mohanlal\u2019 Karamchand Gandhi instead of \u2018Mohandas\u2019 Karamchand Gandhi. Needless to say, Twitteratis went wild with all kind of remarks and jokes on this one. The list of bloopers by an Indian leader is not the first and certainly not the last.<\/p>\n

Is the \u2018OMG\u2019 moment exclusive to Narendra Modi?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Certainly not. Every leader worldwide has had his or her moment and one can say with a degree of confidence that our leaders and politicians are far better informed than most of their counterparts in the West.<\/p>\n

If one were to curate all the \u2018OMG\u2019 moments of all the leaders in history, one could very easily make a serial, let alone a movie, on the bloopers. So I guess some amount of sympathy is due to Narendra Modi for having contributed his part to the world blooper collection!<\/p>\n

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