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Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha drew flak for a tweet on Monday as BJP nationwide spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla questioned that Sinha was the presidential candidate of the opposition events in opposition to Droupadi Murmu. “Congress wanted him to become President of India! Imagine,” the BJP spokesperson tweeted sharing the screenshot of Yashwant Sinha’s tweet wherein Sinha wrote: “I plan to contest my next Lok Sabha election from Papua New Guinea on a Modi ticket which I hope he will give.”

The remark comes as PM Modi was in Papua New Guinea on his maiden go to to host a key summit between India and 14 island nations. The go to witnessed historic moments with Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape welcoming PM Modi and touching his toes on his arrival. Papua New Guinea usually doesn’t accord a ceremonial welcome to any chief coming after the sundown however an exception was made for PM Modi.

Papua New Guinea conferred the Companion of the Order of Logohu which only a few non-residents of the nation obtained up to now. The award was for championing the reason for unity of Pacific Island nations and spearheading the reason for the Global South.

Marape addressed PM Modi because the chief of Global South. “We are victims of global powerplay… You (PM Modi) are the leader of Global South. We will rally behind your (India) leadership at global forums,” stated Marape.

Speaking on the discussion board, PM Modi stated for him the Pacific island nations are “large ocean countries and not small island states”.

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