Some photos are harder to copy: Cong's dig at PM
September 23, 2021 13:53
The Congress party makes a dig at PM Narendra Modi's refusal to hold press conferences -- not a single one since 2014 -- with a picture of Dr Manmohan Singh holding a presser aboard Air India One.
@INC tweeted the pictures alongside, writing, "Some photographs are harder to copy. Former PM, Dr. Manmohan Singh addressing Press Conferences on board Air India One."
On his first trip abroad immediately after he assume office as PM in 2014, Modi took along representatives of Doordarshan, AIR and select news agencies.
However, he did not hold any press conferences on board the aircraft. The government now does not allow any private media organisation to accompany the PM on board Air India One during his foreign trips, a departure from every single PM in Indian history.
The Congress party's dig at Modi and the BJP comes after the PM tweeted a picture last night going through files on board the flight to the US. Modi said, "A long flight also means opportunities to go through papers and some file work."
Political observers have pointed out that almost every single PM and there is photo evidence to prove it, work on board flights during their official visits abroad -- Lal Bahadur Shastri, Rajiv Gandhi, Dr Manmohan Singh -- and it is therefore hardly unusual.
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