The Twitterati did not take kindly to Prime Minister Narendra Modi comparing Kerala to Somalia. In a recent election speech Modi compared "God's own country" to the African nation which is in the news quite often for its marauding pirates. Soon, the micro-blogging site was flooded with angry anti-Modi posts with the #PoMoneModi. The hashtag was inspired by Malayalam superstar Mohanlal's punchline "Po mone Dinesha" from the film Narasimham (2000) that means "you are fired". One Vinay Dokania used statistics to justify his outrage: "Kerala literacy: 94 per cent; BJP vote share: 6 per cent. That's 100 per cent #PoMoneModi." In an open letter, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy also expressed anger over the comparison.
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