Modi fans spam the TIME's Facebook page after the PM fell out of "Person of the Year" poll

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The News Minute | December 10, 2014 | 08:37 am IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi fell out of the race for TIME magazine’s “Person of the Year” on Tuesday, and it looks like a flock of offended Indians have resorted to spamming the magazine’s official Facebook page to shun the magazine and their poll.

A quick glimpse through the TIME’s Facebook page will show you countless “Modi, Modi” chants and a load of other disappointed comments written in English, Hindi and even in Malayalam. Remember anything? Yes, that time when Maria Sharapova said she did not know who Sachin Tendulkar is. Fans of the Indian cricketer took to Sharapova’s Facebook page to shower abuses, criticism and also sarcasm in English and various other Indian languages.

On TIME’s Facebook page a number of Indian users are seen commenting against the magazine and praising Modi under almost all the links that are being published. A user named Jeffrey Williams has commented - “To all the people posting "Modi this" and "Modi that": It's a freaking magazine. Why do you need validation from a magazine that puts Taylor Swift ahead of Malala and other people who have actually made real change? I would look at the fact that Taylor Swift is still a contender as a reason to NOT take this thing serious enough to get upset about.”

Another user commented in Malayalam urging “Fellow Indians” to join in and “teach the magazine a lesson”. The user says- “Teach them a lesson similar to the one we taught Sharapova”. Some comments also demanded that the TIME magazine should issue an apology for their “error”.

Pramod P Poonkunnam commented “ Modi had 78 % yess votes and only 22 % no..stilhe is out of list. He got 37% votes from USA.12% from russia, 17% from india and 34% fromrest of the countries.. still he is not in top 8. SOmuch partiality. .. shame on TIME,i am not getting what the use of votes if at the end judgement is yours?? modi modi modi modi modi modi modi modi modi modi modi modi” .

Another user also blamed Obama for “bribing” the magazine to let Modi out of the race. Other comments also poured in, in support of Modi like-

“ I think this is a local cheap magazine of USA so no issue. Modi is in our heart... no need any CERTIFICATE from Time”

Annually “Person of the Year” title goes to one among the 50 shortlisted global leaders that are selected by TIME. The finalists of this year’s poll are Alibaba group head Jack Ma, Ebola caregivers, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Fergusan protesters, singer Taylor Swift, National Football League commissioner Roger Stokoe Goodell and Masoud Barzani - the Kurdish politician who has led the Iraqi-Kurdistan region since 2005. The winner’s name is set to be announced on December 10th.