Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is being heavily trolled for visiting a hospital ward in Ladakh, the place where Indian and Chinese troops clashed recently. But as some eagle-eyed netizens discovered, something wasn’t right with this picture. Things seemed… too clean and filmy to be precise.
So what happened here? And why is PM Modi and his advisers being criticized? Turns out, many people noticed that a conference room was converted into a ward for the PM’s photo op with soldiers. Plus, all these soldiers looked fine and dandy, with no visible injuries on the photos which were shared with the media. Seems like someone reenacted a scene from hit Bollywood movie Munna Bhai MBBS.
PM Modi went to address the ‘injured’ soldiers at the Military Hospital in Leh. Despite the hospital’s 300 bed capacity, a conference room was converted into a ward for Modi’s address. The adjustment in the medical protocol for the PM’s visit was not well-received. Soon, people had the hashtag #MunnaBhaiMBBS trending on Twitter over the weekend.
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Modi gets trolled
Apparently Modi was in Ladakh to visit the soldiers injured in clashes with China in Galwan Valley on June 15th. However, the converted conference room with its projector and screen, lack of medical equipment or accessory like the I.V. stand, medicine cabinet, a dustbin, oxygen cylinder or for that matter even doctors and nurses had people in fits over another photo-op.
To paraphrase a certain 'journalist' –
Not in living memory have I ever seen a hospital ward filled with patients that had a projector & screen at the end.Not in living memory have I seen a ward with zero medical equipment available at any angle. pic.twitter.com/dUFfOFvIB6
— Doctor Roshan R 🌍 (@pythoroshan) July 4, 2020
Never seen a hospital with teakwood panels as walls. https://t.co/dmK8j70E3x
— SonaliRanade (@sonaliranade) July 4, 2020
This photo opp is fascinating. Not one Indian soldier seems to have external injuries needing any bandages…they are all able to sit straight up (no internal injuries?), the pristine hospital ward with beds that look un-slept on…zero medical equipment. What is going on here? https://t.co/QMANMLBKWz
— Raju Narisetti (@raju) July 3, 2020
This brings to question, were the patients even real?
Some renegade officers were caught & cashiered for using ketchup to fake battles in order to claim medals.
Now Modi adopts the same technique?
The rot begins at the top. https://t.co/YHHeTYgqgM
— SonaliRanade (@sonaliranade) July 4, 2020
No medicine table -No doctor -No bandage -No sleeping patient -No Drip -No Oxygen Cylinder -No Vetiletters Seems like another scene of #MunnaBhaiMBBS
Shame India pic.twitter.com/tGZdDnqYWP— rehmatullah achakzai (@rehmatullahach2) July 5, 2020
There was some real creative trolling too.
https://twitter.com/munnachatterjee/status/1279268073577558020
After seeing his today's acting Indian Directors are contacting him to act in #MunnaBhaiMBBS 2 pic.twitter.com/i1mWtCCjJO
— منال (@mmanalalala) July 5, 2020
Modi's visit to Ladakh is as real as his Degree certificate. #MunnaBhaiMBBS pic.twitter.com/ONYknRKUeJ
— Muhammad Haris (@Mhar911) July 5, 2020
https://twitter.com/AnannyaSpeaks/status/1279667484409229314
Who did it better??#MunnaBhaiMBBS pic.twitter.com/VNmmjDnLoi
— Akanksha Gupta (@PrincessPhinx) July 5, 2020
Some people had theories.
Same Place Same Venue when Lt Colonel Dhoni won hearts. pic.twitter.com/UEOLETfCcy
— Kukki44 ( انجنا ملھوترا ) (@kukk44) July 4, 2020
Its safe to say that PM Modi fell hard trying to pull this PR stunt.
Difference between statesman and stuntsman #MunnaBhaiMBBS😂
Difference between statesman and stuntsman #MunnaBhaiMBBS😂
Difference between statesman and stuntsman #MunnaBhaiMBBS😂
Difference between statesman and stuntsman #MunnaBhaiMBBS😂
Differe pic.twitter.com/dmpJX3d0iv— Raja RaEl Si (Son Of God, the King) Reject CAA&NRC (@si_rael) July 4, 2020
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Well at least his audition for a role in Munna Bhai MBBS has worked out.
@CpimSatyam I tried not to laugh but 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 #MunnaBhaiMBBS pic.twitter.com/CpsNeqHgvr
— Vijay R. (@RakteVijay) July 4, 2020
This wouldn’t be the first time Twitter trolled Modi for his photo-ops. Remember when they rolled out the red carpet for his visit to Kedarnath? Good times.
