The Big ‘Ben’ of Gujarat has fallen silent. On Monday, Anandiben Patel, the Gujarat Chief Minister posted her resignation on social media, requesting her party leader to relieve her from her duties as she turns 75 in November.
It was not her voluntary retirement that caught our attention, but the fact that a high profile leader chose social media to submit her resignation. The Quint likes this cool, new approach and has its own reasons to believe why she chose social media to convey the message to her party.
Har, Har Digital India!
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Digital India’ has received a much-needed boom from Anandiben, after she posted her resignation. Her move only shows how digitally advanced Gujarat and its people have become and how good the Internet signal is. Saras Che!
Sasta Aur Tikau
A Gujarati is born with a PhD in saving money. So it comes as no surprise that Anandiben decided to post her resignation online. #SastaAurTikau. The Chief Minister must have decided to save party funds for the state election next year, rather than waste it on pieces of paper.
Mass Appeal
It’s been a difficult tenure for the Anandiben. She’s been embroiled in controversies ranging from the Patel agitation to the incident in Una. Now was the time to garner mass sympathy; even Arvind Kejriwal ‘liked’ it. The post immediately went viral and the 74-year-old became the hottest news ben-sation on prime time television.
Trial by Media
By posting her resignation on social media, Anandiben Patel managed to dodge press conferences and awkward questions. She made her resignation public, but denied the hungry media its latest story. #GujjuBenBrain
Tech That!
The fact probably is that the 74-year-old does not ‘like’ social media. Anandiben must have been tired of updating her daily activities and sharing it with random followers. By posting her resignation online, she has not just stepped down from the post of CM, but has also effectively blocked herself on social media.
We’re sure it must have ‘Ben’ a wonderful time in the virtual world.