Memes poking fun at political parties galore on social media

This election season, social media in Tamil Nadu is agog with creative and hilarious memes about the electoral results, with popular Tamil cinema comedy scenes and the actors therein coming in handy for the meme creators to tickle a rib.

Top comedians like the late Nagesh, Goundamani and Vadivelu are back in action, albeit through memes, that spare no one, starting from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to DMK leader MK Stalin, both of whom have led their parties to stupendous wins in the just concluded Lok Sabha polls.

Be it Modi's reported promise in 2014 of depositing Rs 15 lakh each in every citizen's account, or Stalin woefully falling short of a majority to stage a political coup against the AIADMK government, or the sad state of affairs in the ruling party, the memes cover them all.

Besides, Twitter and Facebook were alive with hilarious takes on the Lok Sabha results, especially in Tamil Nadu.

The memes, in particular, seem to be the flavour of the season as popular comedy scenes were repackaged to suit the modern day politics.

For instance, a picture of veteran Nagesh grinning to his last teeth carries a caption "Rs 15 lakh last time, Rs 15 lakh this time, totally Rs 30 lakh," an apparent reference to Modi's reported promise of depositing the said amount in citizen's bank accounts if the BJP won the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

However, it has been a matter of debate whether Modi or his partymen really meant the same thing or whether they implied it was the value of the amount of black money stashed abroad by Indians.

Another hilarious take on BJP, accompanied with a picture of top comedian Vadivelu from one of his films, shows him wondering "where have the Two Leaves and Lotus gone missing."
Further, taking on the opposition clamour against the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), a meme said "don't make an issue out of it."