On the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Tamil Nadu, hundreds of people on social media trended the hashtag #GoBackModi. The hashtag continues to be the top trend on Twitter for the past 12 hours.
The Prime Minister is visiting Madurai on Sunday for laying the foundation stone for the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) that is set to come up in Thoppur. As the time of his visit nears, many on Twitter, including those from opposition parties, expressed their opposition by trending #GoBackModi, asking questions on centre’s reaction to the police shooting in Thoothukudi, funds for Gaja relief among other issues.
The trend which grabbed the top spot on Saturday evening raked in around 2,50,000 tweets by 9.30 am on Sunday morning. This is not the first time the phrase is trending in Tamil Nadu.
In April 2018, when Modi was in the state to attend the Defence Expo, protestors lined up the road with black flags and balloons expressing their anger at the central government’s delay in forming the Cauvery Management Board.
Pure Gold, via @thirunangai #GoBackModi for
– being an Imperialist stooge.
– bootlicking the comprador-bourgeois
– fascist jungle raj
– brahmin-bania agenda
– 10% reservation for upper castes
– denying cauvery water
– imprisoning the 7 tamils
– sterlite murders https://t.co/00RQEld3Gh— meena kandasamy (@meenakandasamy) January 27, 2019
Now Our tamil guys be like #GoBackModi pic.twitter.com/PZmlVwlRAM
— பென்சில்_ட்வீட்ஸ் (@pencil_tweets) January 27, 2019
#GoBackModi #GoBackSadistModi #GoBackFascistModi pic.twitter.com/qjlJ5xvFK2
— Lois Sofia | சோபியா (@Red_Pastures) January 27, 2019
#GoBackModi Hindi imperialists are not welcome in proud non-Hindi lands.
— Garga Chatterjee (@GargaC) January 26, 2019
Never forget. #GoBackModi pic.twitter.com/UtVhRqffvc
— சாரல் நாடன் (@PostModernAsura) January 26, 2019
Never forget and never forgive #GoBackModi pic.twitter.com/s61P4MbUh9
— Prakash_G (@PrakashG8) January 27, 2019
Among the tweets that contributed to the trending topic #GoBackModi were those from DMK and Congress handles.
And he just added to the trend
Smooth#GoBackModi https://t.co/ITpJPG2Q47— T R B Rajaa (@TRBRajaa) January 27, 2019
#GoBackModi
A man who destroyed the economy of India deserves this hashtag
— Arockia Edwin (எட்வின்) (@edwinarockia) January 27, 2019
13 aiims hospitals have been announced and not even one has been started to construct. Here comes 14th in Madurai. Wow fraud . #Gobackmodi #SadistModi@Udhaystalin @Anbil_Mahesh @IPSenthil
— Salem Raja (@anbilRaja) January 27, 2019
Mr. Modi…don’t forget this, when you think of Tamil Nadu#GoBackModi #GoBackSadistModi pic.twitter.com/T5o5la8tib
— Tamil Nadu Youth Congress (@TN_PYC) January 27, 2019
As usual BJP calls those that oppose their policies & leaders as “Anti-National forces”, even as their crude attempts to trend a hashtag are exposed.
As head of @DMKITwing, I reiterate that we do not follow the playbook of the BJP’s IT Cell. #GobackModi is the people’s voice. https://t.co/DrAUOkCfiP
— Dr P Thiaga Rajan (PTR) (@ptrmadurai) January 27, 2019
While #GoBackModi grabbed the top spot since Saturday night, variants of hashtag which welcomed and thanked the Prime Minister — #TNWelcomesModi and #MaduraiThanksModi — was also trended on Twitter by BJP cadre.
However, there were a few handles that questioned this trend.
Trending #GobackModi on this occasion is IMHO wrong. PM is coming tomorrow to lay the foundation stone for what one hopes will be a premier medical Institute in TN, the AIIMS.There hv been occasions for TN to feel aggreived & let down by his Govt but this is not one of them.
— Sumanth Raman (@sumanthraman) January 26, 2019
Source: The News Minute