Archive · 13 Sep 2026
Khera Challenges Shastri’s Modi Praise With 2012 BRICS Reminder
Ravi Shastri praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a BRICS Summit.
He said the moment made him very proud to be Indian.
He shared a picture of Modi with Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping.
Pawan Khera, a Congress leader, disagreed with the way Shastri described the event.
Khera shared an older picture from a 2012 BRICS Summit.
That picture showed former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with Hu Jintao and Dmitry Medvedev.
Khera said India had hosted important leaders before as well.
He also claimed that the Prime Minister’s Office was directing promotional posts, but the report gives no evidence for that claim.
Ravi Shastri praised Narendra Modi’s presence with Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping at the BRICS Summit.
Shastri said he had never felt prouder as an Indian and called the gathering unprecedented international diplomacy.
He shared a photograph of Modi, Putin and Xi Jinping watering saplings at Bharat Mandapam.
Pawan Khera responded by recalling Manmohan Singh’s meeting with Hu Jintao and Dmitry Medvedev at the 2012 summit.
Khera also alleged that the Prime Minister’s Office was directing promotional posts, without providing evidence.
- Who
- Congress leader Pawan Khera and former cricketer and commentator Ravi Shastri; the posts also referenced Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Manmohan Singh, Hu Jintao and Dmitry Medvedev.
- What
- Khera criticized Shastri’s praise of Modi’s BRICS appearance and recalled the 2012 summit hosted under Manmohan Singh.
- When
- Sunday, September 13; the year is not specified. Khera referred to March 29, 2012, for the earlier summit.
- Where
- New Delhi, including Bharat Mandapam, where the reported BRICS Summit was held.
- Why
- Khera sought to emphasize that India had previously hosted major leaders during the 2012 BRICS Summit and questioned the nature of Shastri’s promotional post.
Khera’s Historical Comparison
Shastri’s Praise of Modi
Significance of the summit
Khera’s Historical Comparison
Khera emphasized that Manmohan Singh had also appeared with major Chinese and Russian leaders when India hosted the BRICS Summit in 2012.
Shastri’s Praise of Modi
Shastri presented Modi’s presence with Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping as an especially proud moment and an example of unprecedented international diplomacy.
Nature of the social-media post
Khera’s Historical Comparison
Khera alleged that the Prime Minister’s Office was directing promotional posts and used the 2012 photograph to challenge Shastri’s framing.
Shastri’s Praise of Modi
Shastri’s post praised Modi and did not address Khera’s allegation about coordination by the Prime Minister’s Office.
- Main exchange
- Pawan Khera responded to Ravi Shastri’s praise of Narendra Modi at the BRICS Summit.
- Shastri’s statement
- Shastri said he had never felt prouder as an Indian and praised Modi’s international diplomacy.
- Photograph shared
- Shastri posted an image of Narendra Modi, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping watering saplings at Bharat Mandapam.
- Earlier summit
- Khera cited the March 29, 2012 BRICS gathering in New Delhi.
- 2012 leaders
- Khera said Manmohan Singh was flanked by Hu Jintao and Dmitry Medvedev at the earlier event.
- Unsubstantiated allegation
- Khera suggested that the Prime Minister’s Office was directing promotional posts; no evidence for the claim was provided in the reports.
