Modi compares Punjab CM to Mandela, gets trolled on Twitter
'Badal Sahab is the Nelson Mandela of India', the Prime Minister had tweeted
.@narendramodi Dont forget to meet Martin Luther King Jr. in Mumbai, i.e. Uddhav Thackrey ? #YoBadalSoMandela
— Shivani ? (@the_ShivSena) October 11, 2015if PSB is Nelson Mendela, Ramdev is Aristotle #YoBadalSoMandela
— Mustafa Hassan (@drvetmhj) October 11, 2015Nelson Mandela (shocked in heaven): When did I sell drugs? #YoBadalSoMandela
— Shujata Singh (@shujata41) October 11, 2015#YoBadalSoMandela Pic 1 "How we look at Nelson Mandela." Pic 2 "How Modi looks at Nelson Mandela." pic.twitter.com/yUusAS4RxK
— Rahul Gandhi (@office0ffRG) October 11, 2015If Badal is Nelson Mandela then Sakshi Maharaj is Che Guevara #YoBadalSoMandela
— Saif (@WordsWolf) October 11, 2015Comparing Badal with Nelson Mandela... Mr Modi u made my day..you are the best standup comedian in India #YoBadalSoMandela
— Manthan Ginoya (@Manthan_ginoya) October 11, 2015Modi Ji just proved why he is our own Donald Trump. #YoBadalSoMandela
— Sanjay Jha (@JhaSanjay) October 11, 2015If Prakash Singh Badal is Nelson Mandela then Mamta Banerjee is Mother Teresa #YoBadalSoMandela
— Prasenjit Sanyal (@SanyalPrasenjit) October 11, 2015In April this year, Badal was in the news again following a teenage girl's death after she was raped and thrown out of a moving bus. Investigations into the case showed that the bus was owned by a company called Orbit Aviation, which Badal has a stake in. The CM struck a compromise with the victim's family by paying them Rs 30 lakhs in cash which was dubbed as "blood money" by the opposition.
The Badal family also had to face a lot of embarassment after strong allegations surfaced against Bikram Singh Majithia, the brother in law of Sukhbir Singh Badal, for his involvement of in the import of harmful drugs in Punjab.
Needless to say that Parkash Singh Badal has courted enough controversy for people to launch a scathing attack on the Prime Minister for comparing Badal to South Africa's hero Nelson Mandela. Within hours, the hashtag #YoBadalSoMandela became a top trend on twitter as scores of twitterati took to trolling the Prime Minister for his tweet.