BJP's Naraz Fufa reel day after PM jabs Congress over Bullet Train project

The BJP has posted a satirical reel on social media mocking critics as “Naraz Fufa” (angry uncle) for opposing symbols of progress such as statues, Vande Bharat trains and other development initiatives. The reel comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the same epithet while stepping up his attack on the Opposition.

The BJP’s official account shared the 104-second video on September 9, 2026. The video uses meme-style edits of a confident figure alongside visuals highlighting India’s achievements, including Vande Bharat trains, Jan Dhan financial inclusion, highways, solar energy projects and patriotic banners.

The video features a Hindi rap song that says, “If a statue is built, they are upset; if Vande Bharat runs, they are upset; hearing about the country’s progress, they disappear one after another.”

The video concludes by saying that those who enjoy speaking against the country are the real “Naraz Fufa”.

The reel frames critics as people who oppose development and enjoy anti-country rhetoric. It advances the BJP’s “Viksit Bharat” messaging by contrasting infrastructure gains and national pride with Opposition discontent in a light-hearted, viral format.

The BJP posted the reel a day after PM Modi, on Tuesday, doubled down on his use of the “Naraz Fufa ji”, or angry uncle, epithet for those who question his government’s development record.

PM Modi made the remarks at the NaMo for Viksit Bharat event in Gujarat’s Vadodara, where he inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for development projects worth Rs 35,000 crore. The projects include a 2,800-kilometre dedicated rail freight corridor, which he described as a “historic achievement of the 21st century”.

PM Modi used the freight corridor to contrast the “work culture” of BJP and Congress governments. He said former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s government conceived the project, but the project made little progress during the United Progressive Alliance government led by Manmohan Singh.

“The freight corridor project was conceived in 2004 but nothing moved till BJP came to power in 2014,” Modi said.

Without naming anyone, the Prime Minister then took a dig at those who would question the utility of the project.

“One Naraz Fufa ji will be crying out, ‘What will the truck drivers do?’ Uncle Ji now has work,” he jibed.

“Naraz Fufa ji” is the latest in PM Modi’s growing arsenal of sarcastic labels for critics. He first used the term last week at the Shri Ram College of Commerce Centenary event, where his speech featured Gen Z lingo as part of his outreach to young voters.

At that event, PM Modi used the analogy while hitting out at those who questioned India’s stronger-than-expected 7.8 per cent GDP growth in the first quarter of 2026-27. He said “negative people” had made a sport of opposing government initiatives.

“Outside the campus, you will find two types of people: those who positively transform the power of society into the power of the nation and the others who turn into Naraz Fufa as soon as any work begins,” he said.

Opposition leaders pushed back against the characterisation. Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge accused Modi of coming up with “a new adjective” every year to deflect from his government’s shortcomings.

“Naraz Fufa”, Dimaagi Naxal, Urban Naxal, Khan Market Gang, Andolan-jiwi, Parjivi. Adjectives keep changing, but the Modi government’s anti-people policies do not change,” Kharge said in an X post.

In a dig at PM Modi’s Gen Z outreach, the Rajya Sabha MP advised him to listen to students, saying, “solutions won’t come from beating around the bush.”

“Modi ji, outreach is only needed when you become out of reach,” Kharge said.