It was Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 70th birthday yesterday and wishes poured in from across the globe.?
Celebrations were so grand that workers of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, offered 70 kg of laddu at Sivan Kamatchi Amman temple in honour of his birthday.?#PlankYouModi challenge was also trending on Twitter since the Indian PM is an avid fitness enthusiast.?
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However, this one person had other plans - plans that were unlike any other. YouTuber Anmol Bakaya took to the video-streaming website to chant 'Modi ji' for 24 hours straight, on his YouTube live.
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In his live's description, he wrote, 'In the past year I've heard a lot of things both positive and negative about our Honorable Prime Minister, but personally I just have immense respect for him and for all that he has done for our nation, my support for him is never-ending and this is just a little gesture of appreciation and nothing more'.
The vlogger requested people to stay for minimum a minute as their watch time will help him promote this video and reach PM Modi.?
Since the live stream is no longer available, a Twitter user named Uday Rana documented almost some of the best parts of it so that this could be cherished forever.?
The comments section on YouTube after the live was over is also worth mentioning. A user wrote,? 'Ek Din Mei famous hone ki Modi technique'. While another wrote, 'Just another way of celebrating unemployment day'.
One user wrote, 'Came here just to read the comments' and we couldn't agree more.
Another YouTube user also commented,?'This is embarrassing sigh'.?Here are some other comments.
?This also makes us think about the far-reaching effects of social media. A lot of people thought he did this to get famous, and while there's nothing wrong with that, it speaks volumes about what works and grabs eyeballs on the Internet.?