If American actor Mark Sinclair, more popularly known as Vin Diesel, logged on to Twitter on Saturday evening, he must have been one confused man.
After all, if you’re a Hollywood star famous for some ridiculous stunts in action movies, it is not every day that people in India say that you will be the next chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. And if Diesel doesn’t actively follow Indian politics, he must also be wondering who Yogi Adityanath is.
Adityanath, a five-time MP from Gorakhpur and Hindutva hardliner, was chosen as chief minister of India’s largest state on Saturday. Twitterati spent no time pointing out how he bore more than just a passing resemblance to Diesel, even comparing them and sarcastically saying that Diesel is the next Uttar Pradesh chief minister.
Here are some of the funniest tweets:
Congratulations to Vin Diesel for becoming the CM of Uttar Pradesh! pic.twitter.com/wCOMGAebIA
— Jinav Satra (@jinavs) March 19, 2017
For those wondering why #VinDiesel is trending in India 😋
— Manak Gupta (@manakgupta) March 18, 2017
Vin Diesel#YogiAdityanath pic.twitter.com/DBF1umoOvu
@vindiesel And @yogiadityanath will Gonna Trend on Social Media for few days from now. 😂#Congratulation To #YogiAdityanath pic.twitter.com/yKvDdHxn2Y
— Nishant joshi (@nisshantjoshi) March 18, 2017
Presenting new CM of UP: Yogi Adityanath pic.twitter.com/0xl86Lc1HQ
— Rohan (@RohanKmr) March 18, 2017
Yaar kal se #VinDiesel kitna pareshan ho raha hoga😂😂😂
— chachajaan (@shaaheeeeen) March 19, 2017