On Monday, during his drama-filled visit to Gujarat, Rahul Gandhi had referred to Goods and Service Tax (GST), introduced by Prime Minister Modi with effective from 1st July, as ‘Gabbar Singh Tax’.
Congress GST= Genuine Simple Tax
Modi ji’s GST= Gabbar Singh Tax =”ये कमाई मुझे दे दे”
— Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) October 24, 2017
Gabbar Singh is a popular fictional dacoit from the film Sholay, played by Amjad Khan. The film also starred Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Dharmendra, Hema Malini and Sanjeev Kumar. Of course, this little jibe of Gandhi amused a lot of people.
Gabbar Singh Tax ?
— Nidhi Razdan (@Nidhi) October 23, 2017
Soon, a lot of “Gabbar” memes and jokes started flooding in.
GST being translated increasingly as Gayi Sarkar Tumhari! great idea ruined by wretched implementation pic.twitter.com/ExBhNY351T
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) October 24, 2017
GST = #GabbarSinghTax No bro… it is God-Se Tax… pic.twitter.com/LtMQxLKIYj
— Shehzad Poonawalla (@Shehzad_Ind) October 23, 2017
Some accounts paying tributes to slain journalist Gauri Lankesh, too joined in the fun.
Pic- GST explained??
G = #गंजा #अमित_शाह
S = #सनकी #मोदी
T = #तुगलकी_महारानी #वसुन्दरा_राजे @RoflGandhi_ @ModiLeDubega #GabbarSinghTax pic.twitter.com/K14A0vmncJ— I m Gauri Lankesh (@varunINFOSYS) October 24, 2017
A day later, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s youth wing, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), retorted with their own set of Gabbar memes.
As India Fights Corruption at all levels its like … #GabbarIsBack pic.twitter.com/tDnOXs1Naf
— BJYM (@BJYM) October 25, 2017
Yeh kub bataoge.. #GabbarIsBack pic.twitter.com/WeqDpm8n1I
— BJYM (@BJYM) October 25, 2017
Whether we believe GST is Gabbar Singh Tax or Gabbar is back, one thing is for sure, the meme wars have just started.
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