Attempt to drag me into controversy: Modi rejects campaign to honour him

Modi said it has been brought to his notice that some people are running this campaign to honour him by giving him a standing ovation for five minutes

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday dissed a social media campaign asking people to give him a five-minute standing ovation for his handling of the coronavirus crisis, saying it was mischief to create controversy for him.

In a series of tweets in Hindi, he said maybe it is someone's goodwill, "yet I insist that if you really have so much love and want to honour Modi, then take the responsibility of a poor family, at least as long as the coronavirus crisis exists." "There can be no greater honour for me than this," he said.

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