In another attempt to strengthen foreign diplomatic ties with various countries across the world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on his Europe Tour, where he would meet various leaders, in France and Germany, over a span of four days. While Modi was discussing some serious issues like Defence deals and UN seat for India, Adarsh Liberal Journalists on Twitter were dissecting each and every move of Narendra Modi.
Although Modi signed 20 key agreements in France, Ace Detective & fashionista Rana Ayyub had made a startling discovery:
Damier Ebene Canvas pattern Shawl from Louis Vuitton Collection! pic.twitter.com/Y8ea3DBOHk
— Rana Ayyub (@RanaAyyub) April 12, 2015
Pune Mirror took Ayyub’s word as gospel truth and even reported in their news piece that Narendra Modi was wearing a “flashy shawl” from Louis Vitton, “as per twitterati”. consulting Editor of Times of India Sagarika Ghose, picked up from where Ayyub left and preached some fashion sense to Modi:
Fashion statement by @PMOIndia with Louis Vuitton shawl in Paris…IMHO, showcasing an Indian handloom would have been even better!
— Sagarika Ghose (@sagarikaghose) April 12, 2015
This tweet was reminiscent of such past gems from Sagarika:
The #GangaAarti was beautiful, and so was Kashi Vishwanath, but hope the PM elect visits Gyanvapi mosque too!
— Sagarika Ghose (@sagarikaghose) May 17, 2014
Shekhar Gupta even went to the extent of pointing out how he had dedicated a paragraph in old article, to Modi’s dressing sense.
Modi is What he is, and he’s wearing it on his sleeve, Feb8 #NationalInterest on his style. My view on LV in para 5! http://t.co/bMmfj8VD9O
— Shekhar Gupta (@ShekharGupta) April 12, 2015
All the Adarsh Liberal promotion of Louis Vuitton seemed to have worked, when somebody asked their Twitter handle, where he could buy this product, only to be disappointed:
@Rakesh_lv Thanks for your tweet. Unfortunately, Louis Vuitton has not crafted a shawl similar to the image provided. 1/2
— LouisVuittonServices (@LVServices) April 10, 2015
It’s a shame that Adarsh Liberal’s made a “mistake” in identifying the products of a high-end fashion brand, which they must be patronizing on a daily basis. As it was later pointed out, a similar looking shawl, sold by the very Indian “Vimal” brand, was available on Flipkart for Rs 930
Up next: Editor of “The Telegraph” Sankarshan Thakur. Thakur, a commonly seen face on Arnab Goswami’s Newshour, showed that he had a keen eye for detail and made a very astute observation which was critical to Modi’s France visit.
.@MEAIndia Voila! But don’t see no Seine, and don’t see no boat on it. @narendramodi@fhollande#AnEveningInParis
— Sankarshan Thakur (@SankarshanT) April 10, 2015
Luckily MEA Syed Akbaruddin managed to provide the necessary pictorial evidence, or our investigative media would have scored another major scoop and exposed the lies flowing from Modi’s Ministries.
.@SankarshanT Hope this helps u identify the waters of the Seine. pic.twitter.com/C2m7Wej0W0
— Syed Akbaruddin (@MEAIndia) April 10, 2015
Next, Mihir Sharma, a journalist from Business Standard, raised another important doubt, questioning Modi’s attentiveness in a meeting:
Super-PM needs no headphones translating French although all his officials do pic.twitter.com/ATgijs2rCM
— Mihir Sharma (@mihirssharma) April 12, 2015
Sharma, who by now must have been habituated to being run over by facts by ordinary twitter users, was again shown his place by an official who was present at the same meeting:
@mihirssharma Hey, I’m the guy at the far end of the table. Wanted to let you know about an invention called single ear earphones.
— Vivek Kumar (@vivx) April 12, 2015
Sharma then tried to use the standard escape available to Adarsh Liberals, when caught deep-throating their feet:
Sigh. Joke ruined. 🙁 MT @vivx: I’m at the far end of the table. Wanted to let you know about an invention called single ear earphones.
— Mihir Sharma (@mihirssharma) April 12, 2015
But it was too little too late as other Adarsh Liberals like Former Journalist with India Today, Pierre Fitter were suckered into a serious debate on what was a “joke”.
@chitraSD in which case, I’m surprised the rest of our delegation requires translation, especially our former Ambo to the US. @mihirssharma
— Pierre Fitter (@pierrefitter) April 12, 2015
@chitraSD it’s odd. No headphones on table near him, either. No translator behind him. May just be a meeting for the cameras. @mihirssharma
— Pierre Fitter (@pierrefitter) April 12, 2015
Although Mihir Sharma might have been joking, we sincerely urge Prime Minister Modi to release video evidence and detailed transcripts of this meeting. Until then we will put our tin-foil Pierre Fitter hat on and believe that this meeting never happened.
