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#FinalModiStamp trends on Twitter after BJP kicks Advani upstairs

FP Staff August 27, 2014, 12:17:56 IST

This stamp doesn’t spell confidence. It spells a spate of funny tweets and Facebook updates. #FinalModiStamp is trending over Twitter and Facebook since the BJP’s old guard was more or less forced to make way for the new generation. [caption id=“attachment_1683987” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Narendra Modi and L K Advani. PTI[/caption] Once the party virtually showed the door to Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Murli Manohar Joshi and LK Advani - all three of whom had occupied the top rung of its leadership since the formation of the party in 1980 - it was widely seen as a means of making the old guard irrelevant without actually expelling them from the party.

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#FinalModiStamp trends on Twitter after BJP kicks Advani upstairs

This stamp doesn’t spell confidence.  It spells a spate of funny tweets and Facebook updates. #FinalModiStamp is trending over Twitter and Facebook since the BJP’s old guard was more or less forced to make way for the new generation. [caption id=“attachment_1683987” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Narendra Modi and L K Advani. PTI Narendra Modi and L K Advani. PTI[/caption] Once the party virtually showed the door to Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Murli Manohar Joshi and LK Advani - all three of whom had occupied the top rung of its leadership since the formation of the party in 1980 -  it was widely seen as a means of making the old guard irrelevant without actually expelling them from the party. The relevance of the move has not gone unnoticed on social media, with many commenting on the development using the hashtag #FinalModiStamp. When Firstpost checked the social media site at noon, it was the top trend on Twitter India. Post-2014 Lok Sabha elections, it is not uncommon to see Modi Lovers war with the Modi Haters and it was no different on Wednesday morning - the day after the BJP transition was announced. Here is a collection of a few tweets. Some were quite pithy and funny: Not everyone gets a dream retirement from job, like Sachin Tendulkar. #LKAdvani #FinalModiStamp — deepak mule (@dpk_mule) August 27, 2014

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— @Mahesh (@hanchatemahesh) August 27, 2014 While a few stuck to praising the Modi government for saying bye-bye to the oldies, others just took the opportunity to bash the Congress - even if they just commented on the government’s move. The decision has been made and it won’t change but the trends show which way India is swaying.

Others used the tag to slam the new Prime Minister:

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