 "#YoBadalsoMandela trends as social media slams Modi for comparing Badal to Mandela")
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks comparing Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to anti-Apartheid icon Nelson Mandela on Sunday came in for jibes on social media with the hashtag #YoBadalsoMandela trending on Twitter. [caption id=“attachment_2464780” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  File photo of Modi and Badal. AFP[/caption] Modi lauded the Punjab Chief Minister as the ‘Nelson Mandela of India’ at an event to pay tribute to Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan on his 113th birth anniversary, saying “he has spent so many years in prison and that too for political reasons”. The comment was panned all-round with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeting, Captain Amarinder Singh, the Deputy Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Congress spokesperson Sanjay Jha and others tweeting about it The chief of Punjab Congress, Pratap Singh Bajwa, meanwhile, sought to charge the Badal administration with being inefficient, saying, “Under Badal Govt farmers are dying, 70 per cent youth of Punjab is hooked to drugs and; PM Modi calls Mr Badal India’s Nelson Mandela.” However, the Indian Twitterati saw the lighter side of the statement as well and soon #YoBadalsoMandela led to some hilarious responses on Twitter. Here are the best Twitter reactions to Modi’s comment on Badal, from criticism to jokes.
Badal is the Nelson Mandela of India?
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) October 11, 2015
#YoBadalSoMandela "Who says our PM has no sense of humour. Let's hope, like Mandela, Bharat Ratna/Nobel Prize next for Badal"
— Capt.Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) October 11, 2015
Modi Ji just proved why he is our own Donald Trump. #YoBadalSoMandela
— Sanjay Jha (@JhaSanjay) October 11, 2015
Badal the Nelson Mandela of India. This surely takes the cake.
— Javed M Ansari (@javedmansari) October 11, 2015
I am convinced Modi is d greatest PM we have ever had! Just like Prakash Singh Badal is Nelson Mandela of India ! #ModiMaharajkijai
— nikhil wagle (@waglenikhil) October 11, 2015
Badal is Nelson Mandela??! History as Amar Chitra Katha..... https://t.co/n1ZYwLbdk0
— Sagarika Ghose (@sagarikaghose) October 11, 2015
Badal is Nelson Mandela because he spent long time in Jail? Then by Modi's Logic, Amit Shah is Shri Ram. He was banished from his State
— Joy (@Joydas) October 11, 2015
If Badal is Mandela, That makes Kapil Sharma India's John Oliver I guess. #YoBadalSoMandela
— Rituparna Chatterjee (@MasalaBai) October 11, 2015
Waiting for @narendramodi to say @AmitShahOffice reminds him of Martin Luther King#YoBadalSoMandela https://t.co/L4IREURdUa
— Preeti Sharma Menon (@PreetiSMenon) October 11, 2015
Nelson Mandela of India meets the Vasco Da Gama of India.#YoBadalSoMandela
— AB Mehboob (@abmehboob) October 12, 2015
#JeetegaNitishJhumegaDesh pic.twitter.com/upHcuubTqT
(With agency inputs)
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