Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing ire on Twitter and other social networking sites for insulting India. #ModiInsultsIndia has been trending on Twitter with people seething in anger over the remarks of the Prime Minister about Indians abroad. By late Tuesday morning, #ModiInsultsIndia had garnered more than 38,000 tweets.
“Earlier, you felt ashamed of being born Indian,” Modi was quoted by The Hindu as saying during an interaction with the Indian community in Shanghai on Saturday. “Now you feel proud to represent the country. Indians abroad had all hoped for a change in government last year.”
Modi echoed the same idea when he addressed a gathering of Indians in Seoul on Monday. “There was a time when people used to say we don’t know what sins we committed in our past life that we were born in Hindustan. Is this any country, is this any government…we will leave,” he said, speaking in Hindi.
“There was a time when people used to leave, businessmen used to say we can’t do business here. These people are ready to come back. The mood has changed.”
स्वामी विवेकानन्द भारतीय होने पर लज्जित थे? pic.twitter.com/1hywpZtFch
— नाॅट दैट रवीश कुमार (@NotThatRavish) May 19, 2015
One Picture Worth Thousand Words – #ModiInsultsIndia in One Picture… and it is now new! pic.twitter.com/o8oX6ltQWY
— Jairaj P (@jairajp) May 19, 2015
#ModiInsultsIndia has just crossed 100 K tweets. The massive shame this clown has brought to his own party. pic.twitter.com/cKRwU3itiF
— Office Of Brumby (@brownbrumby) May 19, 2015
Those who are trending #ModiInsultsIndia are #AdarshLibrals & CongAAPtards who won’t utter a word against @OfficeOfRG pic.twitter.com/0p7FpbGPWd
— Yashwant Sinha (@iYashwant) May 19, 2015
Ashamed of India..So he spends time outside India only..Ab tau lagta h Google b comment maar raha h #ModiInsultsIndia pic.twitter.com/2hCYUqDYRv
— Saloni (@Saloni_shines) May 19, 2015
Can’t even digest an EDUCATED officer wear goggles Narendra? Cheap. #ModiInsultsIndia and Indians pic.twitter.com/orqOXDaDwn
— KTL (@K_T_L) May 18, 2015
This is what you will never hear from these #presstitutes #ModiInsultsIndia #ModiInSouthKorea pic.twitter.com/rle1Z2Lxpr
— कांग्रेस वाला (@CongressForever) May 18, 2015
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— Jameel جميل (@jameelsjam) May 20, 2015
India was not ashamed despite your shenanigans in Gujarat. India is more, much more than you can ever understand #ModiInsultsIndia
— Pawan Khera (@Pawankhera) May 19, 2015
According to the newspaper, “For the moment, there is little evidence of success for foreign investments from private enterprises. Economy a dilemma for globe-trotting Modi. Relentless efforts at major power diplomacy. In the end, if any country tries to encourage investments to India, most of the programmes will be led by the government itself, with most of the private business sector skeptical about the whole idea,” the newspaper said.
User @onlyursmusa wrote, “How can you be ashamed of India. The 2nd largest growing economy in the world @narendramodi & it was before you became PM! #ModiInsultsIndia”