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On Monday, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) online Davos Agenda 2022 summit via a video conference. A few minutes into his speech, the PM took a long pause, looked around him, said a few more words before putting on earphones and asking if he was audible. Then he looked into the camera again but said nothing for a while of 10 seconds which might be a small amount of time, but can be uncomfortably long amidst a speech that a sizable audience is watching. It has left netizens wondering if there was a teleprompter glitch.
The glitch was reportedly the result of a teleprompter failure. After WEF’s Executive Chairman Klaus Shwab assured him that he can be heard, suggesting he start the official session. He then introduced PM Modi and gave the cue to begin the speech again. Through the course of the debacle it became clear to some netizens that there wasn’t a big error on the organizer’s end but the speechlessness of the PM in the absence of a teleprompter. Not the best example of public speaking from a politician known as a great orator by his loyal followers. Here’s what happened:
Worst nightmare of @narendramodi #TELEPROMPTER FAILURE 🥶 #TeleprompterPM pic.twitter.com/Ue3vNMIPT0
— இசை (@isai_) January 18, 2022
The incident has left Twitter divided as #TeleprompterPM began to trend on the social media platform. Among the many reactions was a take from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who said that even the teleprompter couldn’t take so many “lies”. Of course, the opposition was all over it.
The teleprompter failure instantly prompted memes.
Now everyone to Modi
Teleprompter#TeleprompterPM#Teleprompter pic.twitter.com/qzIENppQF9— Ghanshyam Meena (@GhanshyamMeenaG) January 17, 2022
With Without
teleprompter. Teleprompter pic.twitter.com/ZwjYLVpmCv— Curry Bradshaw | Whiskey 🌱 (@WhiskeyTwilight) January 17, 2022
While there is no official confirmation about the issue, the official spokesperson of the BJP blamed the WEF organisers for the snafu.
Don’t those getting excited at the tech glitch not realise that the problem was at WEF’s end? They were not able to patch PM, so requested him to start again, which is evident in the way Klaus Schwab said that he will again give a short introduction and then open up the session… pic.twitter.com/ZF170MV8Q2
— Suresh Nakhua ( सुरेश नाखुआ )🇮🇳 (@SureshNakhua) January 18, 2022
But on a more serious note –
Jokes apart, but the person holding topmost chair in the country, couldn’t even utter a single word as soon as the #Teleprompter went off. This is when oratory skills were considered his biggest forte.
Goes on to show how the whole country was fooled.#TeleprompterPM pic.twitter.com/CUvHeUaQUN
— Mayank Saxena (@mayank_sxn) January 17, 2022
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