| Claim In Mauritius, people took a pinch of PM Modi by singing the song ‘Inflation Witch Khaye Hai’. |
| Fact check Boom found in the fact check that viral video is edited. In the original video, people were singing Bhojpuri folk song ‘Geet-Gavai’ with Dhol Manjire, ‘Welcome, we welcome Modi ji.’ |
A video of his reception during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Mauritius is viral on social media. In this, some people are heard singing the song ‘Inflation Witch Khaye Jati’ with the film Peepli Live with Dhol-Manjire.
Boom found that viral video is edited. In the original video, people were singing a Bhojpuri folk songs with Dhol Manjire. Its lyrics were, ‘Welcome, we welcome Modi ji. Blessed, blessed, the country is ours… Modi ji has come. There is a connection with births. Say Jai Mauritius, Jai Bharat.
On Facebook, a user shared this video and wrote, ‘In Modi’s Mauritius tour, the inflation witch was stunned. Now tell me, does anyone disrespect well?
This video was first shared on X by a parody account named Netaflixindia.
Inflation witch’s boom in Mauritius also pic.twitter.com/eoqxzlwhsf
– Netaflix (@NetaflixIndia) March 11, 2025
Fact check
We saw that the NetaflixIndia account, which shared this video on X, told a user in a reply that this video is edited.
After this, Boom searched Google with a related keyword on Google about PM Modi’s visit to Mauritius to investigate the video.
According to media reports, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Mauritius on 11 and 12 March 2025. In Mauritius, people of Indian origin welcomed PM Modi by singing the traditional Bhojpuri folk song ‘Geet-Gavai’. The song is especially sung on marriage and auspicious occasions, which uses musical instruments like dholak, manjira, harmonium, khanjari and jhanj.
PM Modi shared a video on his X handle on 11 March 2025. In the video, people were singing songs with Dhol Manjire, ‘Welcome, we welcome Modi ji. Blessed, blessed, the country is ours… Modi ji has come. There is a connection with births. Say Jai Mauritius, Jai Bharat.
PM Modi wrote in the caption, ‘Memorable welcome in Mauritius. The deep cultural connection here is especially reflected in the song-song presentation. It is commendable that a rich language like Bhojpuri remains alive even today in the culture of Mauritius.
Memorable welcome in Mauritius. One of the highlights was the deep rooted cultural connect, seen in the geet-gawai performance. It’s commenable how the great bhojpuri language thrives in the culture of Mauritius. pic.twitter.com/ou7yjmyon8
– Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 11, 2025
News agency ANI and many other news channels also shared this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlyfklrb2a
PM Modi gets the highest civilian honor of Mauritius
According to NDTV reports, India and Mauritius signed eight agreements to increase trade, maritime security and cultural exchange and cooperation in many other areas. Prime Minister Modi was also honored with Mauritius’s highest civilian honor ‘The Grand Commander of the Order of the Star and Ki of the Indian Ocean’.
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