Prime Minister Narendra Modi and cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar have emerged as the most popular parliamentarians in 2017 on social networking platform, Facebook. Modi was the most talked about Lok Sabha member, while Sachin Tendulkar the most popular Rajya Sabha member on Facebook, it said in a statement. Among apex bodies, PMO India was most popular on Facebook followed by President Ram Nath Kovind. President Ram Nath Kovind, on the other hand, had 4.88 million followers and 4.9 million likes on his page. Amongst state governments, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath emerged as the most popular, followed by Vasundhara Raje (Rajasthan CM).

Source: dna January 03, 2018 12:22 UTC