Modi ‘whisperer’ in viral photo just wanted a selfie

在这张走红的照片中，和莫迪“私语”的男子只是想和莫迪自拍

KOLKATA: A photograph of a man in a skull cap whispering something into Narendra Modi’s ears recently went viral, triggering a flurry of memes on social media over the past week and even prompting AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi to mock the PM at a public meeting.

加尔各答：一戴便帽的男子对莫迪耳语的照片最近被疯传，在社交媒体上引发了一阵表情包狂潮，甚至连AIMIM领导人Asaduddin Owaisi也在一次公开会议上嘲笑莫迪总理。

Who was this mystery man and what had he said? TOI tracked down 38-year-old BJP worker Zulfiqar Ali, a Garden Reach resident, busy with “booth duties” at Metiabruz on Saturday.

这个神秘的人是谁，他说了些什么?

印度时报在Metiabruz找到了38岁的人民党工作人员Zulfiqar Ali，他是Garden Reach的居民，周六在Metiabruz 忙着展位工作。

“I had only asked for Modiji’s permission for a selfie with him. He had gladly agreed. He rested his arm around my shoulder and asked a photographer accompanying him to click. I will cherish those 40 seconds spent with him forever,” said Ali, visibly basking in the glory the viral photograph had offered him.

Ali说：“我只是请求莫迪和我自拍。他欣然同意了。他把胳膊搭在我的肩膀上，让一名陪同他的摄影师拍了下来。我会永远珍惜和他在一起的那40秒。”他显然为这张照片给他带来的荣耀而感到高兴。

Speaking to TOI outside Metiabruz police station, Ali said he had been associated with the BJP since 2014 and was currently president of the party’s minority morcha in south Kolkata. On Saturday, the fourth phase of polling in Bengal, he was busy monitoring volunteers outside multiple booths in Behala, Tollygunge and Kasba.

Ali在接受《印度时报》采访时表示，他自2014年以来加入印度人民党。周六是孟加拉邦投票的第四阶段，他在贝哈拉、托利贡吉和卡斯巴的多个投票站外监督志愿者。

Ali said the photograph was clicked on April 2 at Sonarpur helipad after Modi finished his public meeting. “I was among six persons selected to see him off at the helipad. I was the last among the six to bid adieu and when Modiji came near me, I whispered into his ears that I wished to click a picture with him. He did ask a photographer, but a selfie was never taken. Over the next few hours, I received several calls and realised my photo with the PM had gone viral.”

Ali说，这张照片是4月2日莫迪结束公开会见后，在索那普尔直升机场拍的。“我是被选中到直升机停机坪为他送行的六个人之一。我是6个人中最后一个告别的，当莫迪走近我时，我对他耳语说，我想和他拍张照片。他问了摄影师，但没拍自拍照。在接下来的几个小时里，我接到了几个电话，才意识到我和总理的照片已经被疯传了。”

以下是印度时报读者的评论： 译者：Jessica.Wu

Aditya Sengar

Frankly speaking there is no discrimination between Hindu, Muslims or people of any religion in BJP ruled states.

坦白说，在人民党统治的邦，不存在宗教歧视。

Vk

Ali Brother, we are with you. We want our Bharatiya Muslims Brothers and Sisters to live peacefully with us. Its our country and we will take this forward together.

Ali兄弟，我们支持你。我们希望大家和平相处。这是我们的国家，我们将携手共进。

avijit hi

This is the Spirit of True INDIANS.

这才是真正的印度人精神。

Vs Pandian Vs

very nice

和蔼可亲

Nirvana Nature

Agree or not, divide is a truth of our country, there is total distrust in both communities and only A miracle of God can help to bridge this gap.

不管你同意与否，分歧是我们国家真实存在的。人民互不信任。只有神才能弥合这一鸿沟。

Member

There should not be any discrimination between any religion

任何宗教之间都不应该有歧视

Asok Datta

This is clearly a propaganda picture masterminded by BJP to fool the minority people before the election to loot their votes; BJP is a master at forgery, lie and deceit proved time and again

这显然是印度人民党策划的一幅宣传图片，目的是在选举前忽悠印度少 数民族，骗取他们的选票;

人民党是造假大师，谎言和欺骗一次次被证实

johny

This is all fake news. Another promo session of the PM.

都是假新闻，又是总理的宣传。

Logician

He must have told Modi, you go to hell.

他肯定是和莫迪说，你去死吧。.

Mohsin Sayed

He said fhek na band karoh world is laughing at you ....

他和莫迪说，全世界都在笑你

Abhijit Sharma

He said why you didn't save us in 2002.

他说，在2002年你为什么没救我们。

Abhijit Sharma

Modi and that guy must be penalized for not maintaining social distance.

莫迪和那个家伙必须受到惩罚，他们没有保持社交距离。

A

Clearly a propaganda planned by Modi.

显然这是莫迪策划的宣传。

Ravi TJ

Can a common man get this close to MMS while in office ?

辛格当总理时，普通人能如此接近辛格吗?

Rishi Vijan

In the first place why is this pic given so much of importance.. No big deal

为什么都关注这张照片…没什么大不了的

Navam Jain

Election gimmicks

选举噱头

Ajay Partap

Great 40 seconds of his life. Big slap on face of people who speak rot about BJP, RSS and Modi ji.

他生命中伟大的40秒。给了那些说印度人民党、RSS和莫迪坏话的人一记大耳光。

CC

Modi a Master of Marketing this was done delibarately knowing this pic will go viral But Viral Pics and Video s are short lived and has very little shelf life

莫迪是营销大师，刻意安排的，他知道这张照片会被疯传，但传不了多久

Satyendra Chaitanya

The strength of BJP is that its leaders respect simple grassroot workers-unlike Congress and other parties

印度人民党的优势在于其领导人尊重普通的基层工人，这与国大党和其他政党不同

Apurva Bhide

Modiji should stay away from this guy who knows he could be an ISI agent

莫迪应该离这个家伙远点，他可能是三军情报局的特工