To cover up the flop visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the United States to address United Nations General Assembly and meet the US leadership, Indian social media posted his fake interview to the New York Times.

According to details, the Images of the Indian Prime Minister’s huge portrait on the upper half of the main page of the New York Times went viral on Indian social media accounts, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp groups with praise being lavished on the premier and for making India proud.

The screenshot featured a large photograph of PM Modi along with the headline “Last, Best Hope of Earth” and the strap “World’s most loved and most powerful leader is here to bless us”, referring to Modi’s US visit on September 24-25 in the edition dated September 26, 2021.

The image of the purported NYT front page was circulated in social media with messages like “Proud of my PM” accompanying it.