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PM Modi followed by 20 ml netizens on Twitter

| | May 15, 2016, at 11:57 pm
New Delhi, May 15 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi might have seen his share of ups and downs in his two-year stint as the PM of the India so far, but his graph in the social scene is heading north.

With a whooping 20 million followers on Twitter, Modi has set a record as the most followed politician in the world, surpassing the likes of US President Barrack Obama and Japanese Prime Minsiter Shinzo Abe.

Earlier this year, Time magazine had named the Indian PM in their list of the 30 most followed people on the social sphere.

Modi was the only lawmaker who had managed a entry there.

He is also the second most followed Indian on the micro blogging site, after screen legend Amitabh Bachchan.

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