Experts Wanted Strike Date Changed Because Of Weather, I Gave Them The Idea That Clouds Will Help Escape Radars: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an attempt to boast about his contribution to the Balakot airstrike in his interview with News Nation on May 11, has yet again displayed his breathtaking ignorance on matters of science and technology.

When journalist Peenaz Tyagi asked him about what transpired on the night of the airstrike, February 26, the PM said, “It was raining that night very heavily. At around 12 midnight, this I am saying for the very first time..I don’t know how our officers feel about this.. a thought crossed our mind about the plan. We weren’t sure if we would be able to go or not. Then finally, experts opined that we should change the day of the strike….now I’m not someone who personally knows this much science… I thought that there are clouds..there is rain..there is a benefit, it can provide us cover from radars. Then ultimately, I said, there are clouds, let’s go. ”

You don’t have to be an expert to know that that’s not how radar technology works.

He makes the claim at around 27:00 in the full video uploaded by the BJP Youtube channel.

Presumably because they realised the foolishness of the remark, BJP official Twitter handle deleted the tweet that had quoted the PM.

However, at the time of writing this article, similar tweets posted by BJP state handles had not been deleted.

https://twitter.com/BJP4Gujarat/status/1127228877678321664

AltNews Co-founder Mohammed Zubair archived the tweet in case BJP Gujarat handle also deletes it.

Here is archive link just in case @BJP4Gujarat deletes it just like @BJP4India did. Link : ???? https://t.co/OCGWIkpb6w pic.twitter.com/pNkRpFbvNy — Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) May 11, 2019



People on social media burst into laughter and called out the ignorance as well as arrogance of the remark. While some couldn’t believe that the Prime Minister of the country said this, others did not find it surprising considering Modi’s earlier similar claim about a tea-seller harvesting bio-gas from an open drain.

Knowing how Stupid Narendra Modi is, i have no doubt he would have suggested to the “experts” that Clouds can help our planes to escape radar. They would have nodded their heads politely as they didn’t want to laugh in his face and tell him how incredibly stupid he is pic.twitter.com/OxWNnPtRtQ — Joy (@Joydas) May 11, 2019

Kahan milega itna content. ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????. https://t.co/M48Ktazfzn — History of India (@RealHistoryPic) May 11, 2019

Why was this tweet deleted?? @narendramodi Dar gaye?? Bakwaas as always and then the fear of being caught?? ???????????????????????? https://t.co/VzUmjcnpE6 — KhushbuSundar ❤️❤️❤️ (@khushsundar) May 11, 2019

Sarcasm was not hard to find.

Thank god for giving us such a capable leader like Prime Minister Narendra Modi! When his air marshals were in doubt, he removed the cloud of doubt from their minds and suggested that the cloud cover would actually help IAF jets dodge radar. What a strategic mind! Proud of PM! https://t.co/Ci6IAUCQVX — Manimugdha Sharma (@quizzicalguy) May 11, 2019

Also Read: Modi Embarasses Himself & India By Revealing Ignorance About Basic Science, Gets Mocked On Twitter

https://twitter.com/anuragkashyap72/status/1127260133015212033

Author Tony Joseph said that if this is the thinking that is going behind national security issues, “then we have a national security crisis that needs urgent attention.”