Updated: September 18, 2020 6:54:07 pm
Modi’s dedicated fan managed to chant the leader’s name over 1.03 lakh times.
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated his birthday on September 17, a YouTuber marked the occasion by chanting the prime minister’s name non-stop for 24 hours and broadcasting it live.
As the wishes for the world’s prime minister on his 70th birthday rolled in, Anmol Bakaya started singing ‘Modi ji’ on his channel in the morning, causing quite a stir online.
“Last year I heard many things, both positive and negative, about our Honorable Prime Minister, but personally I have immense respect for him and for all that he has done for our nation, my support for him is endless and this is just a small gesture of thanks and nothing more, ”wrote Bakaya in the description of the video.
He also had a tracker to keep track of the number of times he said the prime minister’s name.
Sitting against a backdrop of quotes and posters, he asked people who came to the video to “please stay a minute at least as your viewing time helps promote this video and reach out to Shri Narendra Modi ji.”
“I wanted to do something really special for our prime minister on his birthday, something that has never been done before. The idea came organically, when I was with my friends, ”said the YouTube vlogger, whose channel topic is entertainment-based lifestyle videos.
“I thought it was a really cool idea, but it turned out to be a big challenge too,” he said, as the Modi fan claimed to have chanted his name more than 1.03 billion times.
He was exhausted and nearly broke down multiple times, but kept going as people flooded the comment section of his YouTube video. Onlookers saw him leaning against the wall at the end as he took longer breaths and sighs to continue.
“Honestly, all the plans I had went out the window after the first 12 hours. Until then I was thinking ‘Oh, it will be cool and fun to do,’ but it seemed like time had slowed down, ”Bakaya said.
“The last 12 hours seemed like an eternity. At that time, if you’ve seen the stream, you could see me looking up. I was praying to God to help me. “
Saying that “quitting was not an option,” the 24-year-old Gurgaon resident added: “I think if you accept a challenge then you have to. You owe it to yourself, so that part of my ego was completely involved, and probably God helped me. “
“I thought if my video reached Modi ji, it would put a smile on his face. However, in hindsight, I think it was very naive. Why would the prime minister waste his time on that? ”, He added.
Reactions to his video were mixed on social media. Some made fun of him, there were others who were impressed and some attacked him. “I got so much hate, which was funny to me because I couldn’t understand why people were reacting like that. We weren’t saying anything negative, ”he said.
“It was surreal, that’s all I can say in the end. I really didn’t expect it to get that big and I am truly honored. It really was an interesting experience, “he concluded.
Although the video does not appear to have reached the prime minister yet, Bakaya said the experience has boosted his subscriber base, from 2,000 to 8,000 and counting.
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