New Delhi: India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, is back. Not in parliamentary debates, but on social media platform X, with an AI twist. And he’s here to blame himself for everything, from potholes to policy holes.
He makes a point of getting ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In a post with over 800 shares this week, Nehru 2.0 put up a picture of himself with a subdued PM and Finance Minister, captioned: “I ordered Narendra and Nirmala to charge GST on health insurance.
Please don’t blame those innocents.” The account, Jawaharlal Nehru (Satire), under the handle @The_Nehru, is making waves on social media with its sharp satirical takes. Its tagline reads: “First PM of Independent India | Not letting the present PM work.
” Run by a former BJP supporter—a man in his 20s who refuses to reveal his identity—it blends satire, history, news, and AI creativity into a potent mix. The account started in 2021 as ‘Gems of Modi’, sharing memes and reposts with limited reach. Everything changed during the winter session of Parliament when the admin renamed it on 16 December and shifted to Nehru-themed parody.
Within eight days, its followers had grown from 1.6K to 10K, and by 31 December, the count reached 17.8K.
Posts now regularly get thousands of likes and hundreds of shares. Narendra couldn’t start the bullet train in India because I stopped him from showing the green flag to the train! 🥲 https://t.co/aEn4MjF0FQ pic.
twitter.com/1nAYgcKcRR — J.