PM Modi's tweet on 'surprise announcement' goes viral, gets 1,000 likes per minute

New Delhi: Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that he will make a surprise announcement between 11.45 am and 12 noon on Wednesday. 

Following the tweet, within minutes it went viral and in an hour the tweet had garnered 24,536 Retweets 74,497 Likes and 17,000 comments.

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Tweeting in both Hindi and English, Modi said, "I would be addressing the nation at around 11:45 AM - 12.00 noon with an important message. Do watch the address on television, radio or social media."

मेरे प्यारे देशवासियों,

आज सवेरे लगभग 11.45 - 12.00 बजे मैं एक महत्वपूर्ण संदेश लेकर आप के बीच आऊँगा।

I would be addressing the nation at around 11:45 AM - 12.00 noon with an important message.

Do watch the address on television, radio or social media.

— Chowkidar Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 27, 2019

The surprise tweet led many to specualte and memes started to flood

मेरे प्यारे देशवासियों,

आज सवेरे लगभग 11.45 - 12.00 बजे मैं एक महत्वपूर्ण संदेश लेकर आप के बीच आऊँगा।

I would be addressing the nation at around 11:45 AM - 12.00 noon with an important message.

Do watch the address on television, radio or social media.

— Chowkidar Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 27, 2019

Sonia (thinking) : Kya ho sakta hai? Elections se pehle haam dono maa-betaa ko jail me to naaaahi daal dega na, jaisa saasu maa opposition ke saath kaarti thi.

Rahul (thinking) : Pogo to ban nahi kar dega na. pic.twitter.com/dD1chM10yt

— THE SKIN DOCTOR (@theskindoctor13) March 27, 2019

"Kya korna wala hai tum Modi Babu? Aamne isko bohot tong kiya hai. Kahi amaara upar airstrikes korke aamko jail me to nohi daal dega na?" pic.twitter.com/ERCxXYCFOm

— THE SKIN DOCTOR (@theskindoctor13) March 27, 2019

The PM finally began his address at 12.26 pm. He announced that India had demonstrated anti-satellite missile capability by shooting down a live satellite.