Twitter erupts as PM Modi stops speech midway at Davos Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the Davos Virtual Summit. Photo: Screengrab.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi stopped speaking midway through his address to the World Economic Forum’s Davos Agenda summit online. Many said that his speech teleprompter could have hung up midway and the PM was caught off guard because of the unexpected situation.

Modi addressing the World Economic Forum. See what happens when the teleprompter hangs up! pic.twitter.com/v7ZUTu8mEp
— Prashant Bhushan (@pbhushan1) January 18, 2022

Whatever the reason, Twitter erupted and a meme fest took place online and the incident trended at number one, on Twitter.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took a jibe at PM Modi and said that ‘even the teleprompter couldn’t take too many lies.’

इतना झूठ Teleprompter भी नहीं झेल पाया।
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) January 18, 2022

For Modi, MISERY is TREASURY 🙄

If the Teleprompter wasn't invented, Modi would never have been PMpic.twitter.com/oW5JQeeEFG
— Srivatsa (@srivatsayb) May 26, 2021

Modi without teleprompter is like Jay Shah with Teleprompter.
— Mr.Fixit (@yippeekiyay_dk) January 17, 2022

https://twitter.com/puntinational/status/1483157373921656832

When Bhakts heard Modi’s speech without Teleprompter. pic.twitter.com/2bwhPZHyrg
— Azy (@Azycontroll_) January 17, 2022

https://twitter.com/StalinHRX/status/1483150283194900481

https://twitter.com/GhanshyamMeenaG/status/1483162939280396288

The tale of "Teleprompter"
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. #teleprompter #TeleprompterPM #Modi #NarendraModi #India #PMModi pic.twitter.com/xJ35GE7Egd
— Rational Guy ☠ (@Rational__Guy) January 17, 2022