In a major embarrassment for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling BJP, #GoBackModi is trending on Twitter ahead of his visit to Madurai in Tamil Nadu on Sunday for the foundation-laying ceremony of the AIIMS hospital.
A majority of tweets contain a cartoon that has an outline of Tamil Nadu with the face of late rationalist leader EVR Periyar saying “Go Back Modi”. The Prime Minister, shown in a saffron jacket, is running towards a ladder lowered from a hovering chopper.

Similar works with “Go Back Modi” have sprung up on Twitter and Facebook.

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The posts largely reflect the state’s anger over the central government’s alleged failure to help people after cyclone Gaja ravaged many districts left more than 3 lakh homeless and uprooted around 11 lakh trees crippling the livelihood of a huge population.

PM Modi’s alleged silence over the Sterlite shooting in Tuticorin in which 13 anti-Sterlite protesters were shot dead by the police; the centre’s reported pro-Karnataka approach in the Cauvery waters issue, particularly over the Mekedatu reservoir project across Cauvery which farmers in the state claim will deny them their share of Cauvery waters; and the implementation of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test or NEET for medical admission abolishing the state’s Class 12 marks-based system for selection are some other issues that have left the southern state seething.

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Check out some of the posts here :

#GoBackModi
Don’t come to TN. Go back to mars pic.twitter.com/xgt3hkANot

— Lex G’Rajarajan (@MGRajarajan) January 26, 2019

TN is Periyar Land.

No place for Facist like Modi, RSS, BJP. #GoBackModi pic.twitter.com/FdbEEcCSiW

— Arun Prasath (@aprasath1612) January 26, 2019

One more time#GoBackModi pic.twitter.com/4E2TYZiZiA

— Riswan M (@RiswanMohammed) January 26, 2019

#GoBackModi this has to be said in every city, town and village. To send a powerfull message that there is no free public space available for fascists to spread their hatred. pic.twitter.com/j5k8kq4hIq

— Pratik (@Pratik20174) January 26, 2019

#GoBackModi
No place for fascist BJP pic.twitter.com/4gGGyGWpF1

— vino (@vino_tc) January 26, 2019

Meanwhile I came to twitter and saw#GoBackModi pic.twitter.com/OJN1726gte

— Riswan M (@RiswanMohammed) January 26, 2019

#GoBackModi #Gobackmodi_2Point0#GoBackSadistModi

Start Music😹😹😹 pic.twitter.com/sBuZoD7t6M

— மைதாமாவு (@Maidhamaavu) January 26, 2019

#GoBackModi you never consider TN as an integral part of India. Why do you came for our votes. Tamils never ever support BJP&RSS. pic.twitter.com/GgyVZM5LuF

— jahir hussain (@969Jaha) January 26, 2019

#GoBackModi
Madurai reaction pic.twitter.com/gEVTIFOshf

— Lex G’Rajarajan (@MGRajarajan) January 26, 2019

We know periyar, annal and Marx. Who are you man? #GoBackModi pic.twitter.com/Ho0uO5bAkg

— HemaSankar (@HemaSan30927083) January 26, 2019

#GoBackModi

We don’t want RSS’s PM Modi to touch Ravanan’s Soil… Pls stay in your own Raman’s soil… pic.twitter.com/YbYrWoR5ln

— Mogiii (@adorablemogiii) January 26, 2019

Fact is fact #GobackModi pic.twitter.com/0oCvAE8Bdh

— ஸ்ரீகுமார் (@srikumarnagmani) January 26, 2019

Remember this is tamilnadu 🔥🔥#GoBackModi #GoBackModi pic.twitter.com/BzauwzQ3zT

— டெய்லி முரசு (@DailyMurasu) January 26, 2019

ஆக, Tomorrow TN twitter be like…… #GoBackModi pic.twitter.com/a6kbb4MuRd

— Raju N (@naaraju) January 26, 2019

Bakthas be like after #GoBackModi trends India top level 🤣🤣😝😝 pic.twitter.com/24bQCeQ1Qk

— Jerry (@jerry_sundar) January 26, 2019

Modi ji is landing in Tamil Nadu tomorrow. Tamil Nadu started trending #GoBackModi . When he visited last time #GoBackModi was a global trend! Lies, rhetoric & Photoshop can never cheat us. Proud to be a Tamilian.

— Jothimani (@jothims) January 26, 2019

My husband is sharing all FB memes with me 😂😂

Translation:
Pic 2: Indian level twitter trending 2 #GOBACKMODI
Pic 3: Modi: Arey stop, I haven’t even packed my suitcase to Madurai and already you guys are trending

This is going to fun night for both of us 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/9wgzdAZ5ld

— ‏ پر بھا (@deepsealioness) January 26, 2019

Never forget. #GoBackModi pic.twitter.com/UtVhRqffvc

— சாரல் நாடன் (@PostModernAsura) January 26, 2019

Do you have any reason to like him? #GoBackModi #GobacksadistModi pic.twitter.com/UC6avAVLaR

— #Release SanjivBhatt (@Rajagop49771333) January 26, 2019

#GoBackModi
You shamed our farmers and treated us like secind class citizens #GoBackModi#GobacksadistModi pic.twitter.com/pXR8h7DYWz

— திராவிட🌄சூரியன்🖐️ (@DravidaSuriyan) January 26, 2019

The Modi government has been undeniably and gravely harmful to our nation’s health. On every conceivable metric, it has failed and every single citizen has had to pay a heavy price for the Modi brand of misgovernance.#GoBackModi #GoBackSadistModi #GoBackPoliticalBroker pic.twitter.com/S3CtvCG9BU

— James திமிர் பிடித்தவன் (@JamesHarshan) January 26, 2019

வணக்கமுங்கோ….#GoBackModi ல ட்வீட் பண்றதுக்குனே அக்கவுண்ட் ஓப்பன் பண்ணிருக்கேனுங்… pic.twitter.com/rcgjDeq2KE

— ராம்கி (@ramki_fromfb) January 26, 2019

#GoBackModi treading at no.1 in uae too 😂😂😂😂
.#GoBackSadistModi pic.twitter.com/Xexlnch5ou

— Navin india (@India777Navin) January 26, 2019

This is the second time that the Prime Minister is facing this kind of an online backlash. In April last year, when he had visited Chennai for the Defence Expo, #GoBackModi had trended. Hundreds of protesters belonging to opposition parties had let black balloons in the air then.

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The Prime Minister had to use a chopper to attend an event at the IIT Madras to avoid protesters. At the time, the centre’s alleged delay in constituting the Cauvery Management Board in view of the Karnataka assembly elections had triggered the anger.