Instagram followers: More than 1 crore followers on Amit Shah’s Instagram account
New Delhi: The number of followers on the Instagram account of Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah has crossed 1 crore. Social media pundits suggest that the latest buzz about his dexterity in passing seven historic bills in both the Houses amid explosive uproar by the opposition is largely linked to his growing popularity on social media platforms.
According to the latest data, the Union Home Minister has 34.1 million followers on Facebook, 10.7 million on Instagram and 15 million on Facebook. However, for quite some time now, Amit Shah has been the most followed political personality in India after Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Home Minister’s 10.7 million followers on short video platform Instagram is second only to PM Narendra Modi, who is followed by an astonishing 82.7 million Insta followers.
On Facebook, Amit Shah has 15 million followers, right after PM Narendra Modi, who is ahead of him with 48 million followers.
There is also a huge difference between the social media following of Home Minister Amit Shah and the social media following of opposition stalwarts like Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and former Congress President Rahul Gandhi.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, who was recently named as the possible prime ministerial candidate of the INDI alliance, is far behind Amit Shah in terms of social media dominance, with 566.7 K followers on X and 130K followers on Facebook. While Shah has 34.1 and 15 million respectively.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, one of the most vocal opposition leaders, garnered a following of 27.3 million on Instagram, 1.7 million on Instagram and 9.2 million on Facebook.
While Rahul Gandhi has 24.7 million followers on Instagram, 5.1 million followers on Instagram and 6.8 million followers on Facebook.
Although Shah’s popularity has been steadily rising since he was credited with master-minding PM Narendra Modi’s landslide victory in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, his presidency has seen massive turmoil in 2019 after the BJP achieved an even bigger victory. – Chaos was seen.
Introducing several landmark bills, overcoming the opposition with sharp arguments and often creating divisions in the House with witty repartee, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has built the image of a parliamentarian par excellence in the last five years.
