Bhubaneswar, Feb. 19 -- The national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shehzad Poonawalla asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the 'ideal messenger' and has optimally leveraged his message of development and inclusive growth through the medium of social media to rise over fake news and misinformation.

Poonawalla made the statements while speaking at the 'OTV Foresight 2025' event in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday. Debating the role of social media and technology in politics, he spoke along the lines of how several new narratives, both true and false, cropping up on social media with the potential to influence elections.

To cement his point, Poonawala made an example out of YouTuber and social media influencer Dhruv Ra...