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New Delhi. An industry body representing news channels has revealed that the channels would be getting together to release “News Nirman” ads to thank Narendra Modi for all the business he has been bringing them. The advertisements would be run across a large network of both Hindi and English news channels and would contain clippings of Modi speaking, eating, sleeping, coughing, sneezing, running a hand through his hair, buttoning his kurta, unbuttoning his kurta, drinking water, refusing to drink water, accepting a garland, rejecting a garland, etc. – all of which were events that triggered off national debates on communalism and secularism, as soon as they were originally aired.
This “Finger on lips” shot of Narendra Modi is a sample of clippings that had sparked off a political storm
“25 out of 50 times, Modi is the reason I demand an answer!” a prominent news anchor yelled, on condition of anonymity. “Now with these stupid TRAI ruling coming in on the minutes of advertisements we can run, thankfully at least we have Modi to bring us more business and let me demand more answers on behalf of the nation.”
“Nobody worth a damn in the UPA actually comes out and makes a statement,” another news channel owner said, between sips of Old Monk, again on condition of anonymity. “There is an elderly Sikh who is perpetually silent, a madamji whose default emotion is displeasure and an ageing youth leader who makes unintelligible speeches with torturous metaphors. So yes, we are grateful that there is a Modi who even when he sneezes, sparks off a national debate on secularism.”
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