#GetWellSoonModi trends after Congress responds to 'tubelight' jibe

On Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took repeated digs at opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, whom he dubbed "tubelight" although without naming him.

Modi, in his reply to the discussion on the presidential address referred to the Congress leader's comments about "youth beating Modi with sticks over the lack of jobs", and said he would increase the number of surya namaskars (a yoga exercise) so that his back can bear the sticks.

"In 70 years, no Congress leader has ever become self- sufficient. I heard one leader's manifesto yesterday. He said 'we will beat Modi with a stick in six months'. I can imagine that it is a difficult prospect, so it will take six months to prepare. In these six months, I will do more surya namaskar so that my back is ready for the beating...I have been subjected to abuses in the past 20 years, I will make myself gaali-proof (abuse-proof) and also danda-proof (stick-proof)," Modi said.

When Rahul Gandhi got up from his sit and questioned Modi on the issue of unemployment, Modi said he was waiting for the Congress leader's reaction but it took him 30-40 minutes. "I have been speaking for 30-40 minutes but it took this long for the current to reach. Many tubelights are like this," Modi said prompting ruling NDA members to burst into laugh.

Soon, the Congress attacked Modi in a series of tweets, all of which had the hashtag #GetWellSoonModi.

The party said Modi's style is to distract India from real issues. "He said he will provide 2 crore jobs but it has been 5.5 years and nothing has happened. Last year 1 crore youth lost their jobs and Modi has not said a word on it," the party said in a tweet.

Escalating the attack, the party accused the prime minister of taking "economy back to the stone-age & taken our democracy to 20th century Germany."

"We must congratulate your speed & scale of selling our national assets. Your determination & decisiveness to ruin our economy," the Congress said in another tweet.

"Investors don’t trust your economic ‘abilities’ & don’t believe in investing in dangerous, broken democracies," the Congress tweeted further.

Many netizens too tweeted using the hashtag, mostly by citing many of the promises the prime minister made.