Babul Supriyo's 'Trick' To Get Network On Train Will Have You Smiling

Who amongst us hasn't cursed the fickle cellular network during long train journeys? But Union Minister Babul Supriyo actually tried to do something about it. In a joking tweet posted this morning, and has since been deleted, Mr Supriyo wrote that he took his pet pug along with him on a Rajdhani, hoping that the Vodafone network would follow him too!

"I took my Puggie Eddie with me on Rajdhani hoping Vodafone network wud follow him though the journey - after All he is their Brand Ambassador that's what they claim in their commercials!!" wrote Mr Supriyo in his hilarious tweet that has since been deleted.

He was referring, of course, to Vodafone's iconic pug-mascot Cheeka, who first appeared in a 2003 commercial. The 'You and I' Vodafone ad campaign showed the dog following a boy around, prompting the tagline, "Wherever you go, our network follows."

Clearly, it doesn't work like that in real life.

However, even if the 'trick' didn't work for Mr Supriyo, we are thankful for Eddie's pictures anyway.

I took my Puggie Eddie with me on Rajdhani hoping Vodafone network wud follow him though the journey - afterAll he is their Brand Ambassador that's what they claim in their commercials !! Alas, it didn't help a bit pic.twitter.com/8ZgfYNeFqZ

- Babul Supriyo (@SuPriyoBabul) November 27, 2018

Since being shared just a few minutes ago, the tweet has already collected a ton of 'likes' and replies. A lot of netizens were left with a smile on their faces, and many commented to say how cute Eddie looked.

Here's what people had to say:

nice analogy sir!

- Rahul Sharma (@RS_swaraj) November 27, 2018

Woo so cute ...

- DIPANKAR..BJYM..G.S..(@g_bjym) November 27, 2018

 

- Sweta Srivastava (@swetasamadhiya) November 27, 2018

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