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PM Modi’s ‘naraaz fufa’ jab at habitual critics

By Sohail Khan 5 September 2026, 10:13 pm

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The ‘naraaz fufa’ of politics: PM Modi’s latest dig at habitual critics
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi identified a "naraaz fufa" character who questions national projects. This relative, familiar in Indian households, asks about the necessity of new initiatives. Projects like the world's tallest statue and bullet train faced such inquiries. Modi stated that essential national work proceeds despite these objections. He gave a distinctly Indian family title to the habitual political skeptic.

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‘Naraz Fufa opposes everything’: PM Modi’s indirect jibe on Opp at SRCC centenary celebrations

Every big plan has its sceptics. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, though, gave them a more familiar name on Saturday: the “naraaz fufa”.

Speaking at the centenary celebrations of Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), PM Modi used the family reference for those who, in his view, seem to question every new initiative.

He told students that outside college they would meet two kinds of people, those who turn the strength of society into the strength of the nation, and those who become a naraaz fufa on every issue.

Then came UPI, semiconductor initiatives and the new Parliament building. Even a memorial for soldiers who died for the country, he said, faced similar questions.

The projects changed, but the question stayed the same.

That was also what made the naraaz fufa line work. Instead of reaching for the usual political vocabulary, Modi picked a character many Indian households would instantly recognise, the relative who is hard to please and always has something to ask about the arrangements.

A statue? Why?

A bullet train? Why?

UPI? Chips? A new Parliament?

Again: “What is the need for this?”

Modi said India had already answered such critics and argued that necessary work for the country could not be stopped because of such objections.

But for the moment, the habitual sceptic has a new political nickname.

And perhaps, somewhere, the naraaz fufa still has one final question:

What was the need for this?

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