While addressing an election rally in Thiruvananthapuram, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday compared Kerala to Somalia, arguably one of the least developed nations in Africa.
The bizarre comparison was enough to spark another controversy with Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy taking strong offence against Prime Minister’s remarks and claiming he had hurt the sentiments of the people of Kerala.
The comments didn’t go down well among the Malayalis on Twitter either and they were in no mood to spare Modi for his remarks. #PoMoneModi (Go Away Kid Modi) became one of the top Twitter trends with close to 30 thousand tweets of people criticising Modi.
Here are some of the funniest reactions:
Badal Became Mandela
Kerala Become SomaliaHow Many Bakwaas Jumlas We Have To Hear From Jumla Babu ModiAnswer @BJP4India#PoMoneModi— bilal motorwala (@bilal_motorwala) May 11, 2016
A heart wrenching picture from Somalia..a hungry boy crying for food. #PoMoneModi pic.twitter.com/C7lRPkaWH9
— St. Sinner (@retheeshraj10) May 11, 2016
#PoMoneModi Somalian Pirates pic.twitter.com/wxiNzhRJ1o
— krishna (@krishna16117) May 11, 2016
First they come for your beef, then they come for your dignity. #PoMoneModi Kerala deserves better.
— Mathew Nevin Thomas (@mathewnevin) May 11, 2016
The arithmetic of Kerala explained below
Kerala literacy ….. 94%BJP vote share…. 6%That makes it 100%#PoMoneModi— Vinay Dokania (@vinaydokania) May 11, 2016
#PoMoneModi pic.twitter.com/c8lbqkkq9N
— Collins Samuel (@callinsomeone) May 11, 2016
Beware, I suspect they are Somalian pirates #PoMoneModi pic.twitter.com/X5GzYJF5eP
— zameer (@zameer2932) May 11, 2016
(Feature image source: PTI / Twitter)
