The Prime Minister is in Chennai for a few hours to attend the Defence Expo 2018 and inaugurate four facilities at the Adyar Cancer Institute. The visit has been a security nightmare for the police with protesters lining up near the Chennai airport and other roads carryong black flags and placards saying, 'Go back Modi'.
Protesters climbed a large hoarding outside Chennai airport to shout slogans against PM Modi. Incidentally, the PM will not be travelling by road in Chennai, instead he will touch down at all locations in a helicopter.
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On Twitter too, hundreds tweeted against the PM. #GoBackModi was the top trend worldwide with more than 1,30,000 tweets at noon. The tweets kept coming with people pouring out their anger on the centre's delay in forming the Cauvery Management Board.
This is reminiscent of when Kerala Twitterati made #PoMoneModi trend when he compared the infant mortality rate among Scheduled Tribes in Kerala to that of Somalia's. The phrase 'Po Mone Modi' translates to Go back, Modi.
This is how Tamil Nadu welcomed PM Modi. #GoBackModi is trending on No. 1, it also shows why you shouldn't underestimate the power of South Indians. pic.twitter.com/3W6DO7KZfb
— Saniya Sayed (@Ssaniya25) April 12, 2018
#DMK supremo M Karunanidhi wearing a black shirt as a sign of protest against #PMModi’s visit to Chennai. @TheQuint #CauveryIssue #TamilNadu #GoBackModi pic.twitter.com/0EYXSkppOa
— Smitha T K (@smitha_tarur) April 12, 2018
Modi: வணக்கம் தமிழக மக்களே...
— 【அபு】 (@AbuTalks) April 12, 2018
மக்கள்: #GoBackModi pic.twitter.com/uATIC4GZ83
#GoBackModi is the global trend right Now. Let the whole world know the power of Tamils!
— CSK D காப்ரியோ (@im_Dcaprio) April 12, 2018
#GoBackModi trend is atleast 10 times bigger than #PoMoneModi
— chandler (@chandler_minh) April 12, 2018
This why I love Tamilians
World trend no 1
— CSK கெத்து (@gethu_offl) April 12, 2018
No bots used
Our pure emotions stand by us
#GoBackModi pic.twitter.com/KCoAPZzn3P
OMG who started #GoBackModi ?
— Irony Of India (@IronyOfIndia_) April 12, 2018
Over 106K tweets in less then an hour.
#GoBackModi https://t.co/V82nBDNucm
— புனைசுருட்டன் (@JVazhkudai) April 12, 2018
#GoBackModi #Gobackculpritmodi #CauveryIssue #GoBackModi pic.twitter.com/HOsdAH5akt
— Chan Man (@SpoiltMonk) April 12, 2018
Scenes across Tamil Nadu right now. #GoBackModi pic.twitter.com/IRMmdlLE0K
— Ruchira Chaturvedi (@RuchiraC) April 12, 2018