WATCH: Modi mercilessly trolled for waving at shadows in public

Indian premier’s antics steal the show at Atal Tunnel inauguration

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is known for eccentricities in public and he did not fail to go overboard again at the inauguration ceremony of the Atal Tunnel.

His speech and the significance of the 9.02 km-long Tunnel, which is the world’s longest highway tunnel above an altitude of 10,000 feet, paled in comparison to Modi who was gesturing to seemingly nonexistent figures while inspecting the tunnel in his vehicle.

The visuals instantly went viral with some deeming it the “Modi wave”.

Stop criticising Modiji. He was waving in the tunnel to people who will pass through it in the future. What a visionary leader!

— PuNsTeR™ (@Pun_Starr) October 4, 2020

Stop trolling Modi ji for waving in empty tunnel.

He is just trying to create Modi Wave.

— Nirmala Tai (@CrypticMiind) October 4, 2020

Himachal government could have taken help of IPL sound guys to add Modi Modi chant inside empty tunnel https://t.co/uRPvcN61m3

— Aman Wadud (@AmanWadud) October 4, 2020

 

This is not the first time Modi was caught on camera waving at nobody in particular.

The prime minister once puzzled social media by waving from a boat to no discernible audience in Srinagar’s Dal Lake.

This video of PM Narendra Modi has Twitterati guessing - 'who is he waving at?'#NarendraModi #Srinagar #Jammu #Kashmir pic.twitter.com/QG1BC5hbDO

— ABP News (@ABPNews) February 5, 2019

A few months before, in December 2018, Modi’s actions during the inauguration of Assam’s Bogbhee Bridge caused similar bafflement

Modi Wave exists. It does. Can you see an unusual character waving?! Just that there is no one down there to be waved at. That's the Modi Wave for you. pic.twitter.com/QwR0kbu2iT

— Brijesh Kalappa (@brijeshkalappa) December 26, 2018