Mumbai: Republican candidate Donald Trump has registered a historic win in the US Presidential Elections. Congratulatory messages started pouring for Trump from global leaders and in India all eyes were on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's post congratulating his friend Donald Trump.
However, in the excitement to report that PM Modi too extended his wishes to Trump, a TV news anchor goofed up as he read the tweet from a parody account of the prime minister, live on TV.
The video of the news presenter of India Today has surfaced on the internet leaving netizens in splits.
And the guys at India Today took the post by Narendra Modi parody handle seriously.... pic.twitter.com/txRXEuuIRE
— Incognito (@Incognito_qfs) November 6, 2024
The post from the Narendra Modi's parody X account read that he has set up a call with Donald Trump to congratulate him and that the leaders will discuss of the current violence against Hindus in Bangladesh, Khalistan terrorism enabled by Justin Trudeau in Canada and Ukraine war.
The anchor while reading out the fake statement of Modi called it a strong statement of Modi considering the ongoing violence in Bangladesh against Hindus and the recent spate of attacks on Hindus and temples by Khalistani extremists.
Probably kept their brains in the freezer again
— Indranil Santra (@Devil_red7) November 6, 2024
However, he immediately corrected the mistake saying "I'm sorry I've got wrong" and then subsequently going on to read out the original message from the official and verified account of PM Modi congratulating Donald Trump on historic victory in US elections.
It clearly shows the intense pressure to stay ahead in the news race.
— Jatin Sangani (@Jatin_Sangani) November 6, 2024
This is a common error that usually happens with broadcast journalists while they report on such events but netizens find such moments to latch on to to quench their roasting needs.