Former Indian cricket captain and currently a member of the Rajya Sabha, Sachin Tendulkar, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Friday, May 19, ahead of the release of his much talked-about biopic – Sachin: A Billion Dreams.
The Twitterati had a fun time putting speculative words in the duo’s mouths in a photo [see the tweet below] which showed the prime minister shaking hands with a jovial Tendulkar but not with an exactly reciprocating countenance.
If one seriously goes by expression of the PM in that picture, it would not be difficult what he was feeling at the moment. The biopic of India’s one of the biggest heart-throb is set to hit the silver screens on May 26 and it also happens to be the same day when the regime of Modi, the coming to power of which was quite a sensation in the annals of India’s political history,
Despite blessing the former cricketer, is the thinking leader in Modi worried that his show on the day could get stolen by that of Tendulkar? In an age of hysteria called propaganda, it is not uncommon to think on those lines.
BJP has banked on propaganda to keep up its momentum; May 26 is a big date for it
The Modi camp has relied on campaigning and propaganda consistently to showcase itself, before as well as after storming New Delhi in May 2014, as it has been an effective tool to keep its momentum going. PM Modi’s tech-savvy politics has always maintained a publicity lead over his traditional rivals and May 26 is a very important date for the man’s government to drum about its achievements.
