Jadoo Ki Jhappi: Did UN Secy Gen Cringe At PM Modi’s Bear Hug At Cop26?

New Delhi: Photographers at Cop26 captured an awkward moment between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres after the former went in for a hug.

PM Modi was pictured getting cozy with several leaders over the course of the first days of Cop26.

Awkward moment India’s PM Modi gets a little TOO close as he gives UN Secretary General a big hug at COP26 https://t.co/plyfVeUgL1

— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) November 2, 2021

His arms were wrapped around Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Luxembourg’s Xavier Bettel and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau as world leaders arrived in Glasgow after many were at the G20 summit in Rome this weekend.

Sure enough, Twitter was flooded with reactions:

In which part of santan religion hugging is part of . As far my knowledge it is Islamic tradition then why a Hindu PM instead of Namaste going around and do hugging only

— Dewindia?? (@dewindia11) November 2, 2021

Modi is anti hindu, bcoz hugging is not part of sanatan(hindu) dharm.
Hugging is islamic culture.

— Aman|? (@Shareef_Ladkaaa) November 2, 2021