Janta curfew: How Twitter is reacting to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal

Highlights Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation at 8 pm today He urged people to follow ‘janta curfew’ People flooded Twitter with comments in support Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing the nation on the coronavirus outbreak, appealed to 1.3 billion citizens of the country to follow ‘janta curfew’ between 7 am and 9 pm on March 22 on Sunday. Ek din mein kya hoga?” IFS officer Arun Bothra said this: Even celebrities and political leaders came forward to show their support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call. MP Shashi Tharoor wrote that he welcomes the PM’s call to solidarity at this challenging time: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik tweeted “extraordinary circumstances demand extraordinary response.” Author and actor Twinkle Khanna also praised the speech. She said that the gesture “staves off panic without undermining the gravity of the situation.” Former cricketer Mohammad Kaif tweeted this in response to PM Modi’s call for self-curfew: PM Modi further urged people to stand at their door or in the balcony of their houses for five minutes on Sunday, March 22 at 5pm and clap to thank the emergency workers doing their duties in their respective fields amid the pandemic outbreak.