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Chief Election Commissioner’s ‘long’ speech before announcing Lok Sabha Election dates becomes meme content

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Chandigarh, March 16

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As the Election Commission of India started announcing the Lok Sabha polls dates, netizens filled the Internet with meme content, targeting the long, exhausting speech by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar.

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Several humorous posts on X took a dig at the “plot-building” by Kumar before actually announcing the dates.

One of the users posted an excerpt from the lyrics of the ‘Accha Lagta Hai’ song: “Zara short mein niptao na, seedhe point pe aao na” while another a shared a graphic of Mr Bean looking at the watch, and waiting for the speech to end.
Another post on X read: “I was desperately waiting for the election dates to announce so that I can book my vacation. Our plan was May end, thankfully election commission of India didn’t ruin it! Date for the Gujarat is 7th may (3rd phase)!”

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