Modi says TOP, Congress says POT, parties fight, Twitter laughs

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had coined the acronym "TOP" in Karnataka yesterday.

"Farmers producing fruits and vegetables are our 'TOP' priority. TOPmeans 'Tomato, Onion and Potato'," Modi had said.

To which, Congress President Rahul Gandhi's aide Divya Spandana retorted: "Is this what happens when you're on POT?"

Is this what happens when you’re on POT? pic.twitter.com/fwSATJoQoP — Divya Spandana/Ramya (@divyaspandana) February 4, 2018

The BJP was quick to take offence. (Pot is another word for marijuana.)

"Will Rahul Gandhi maintain silence on Divya Spandana’s comment while he sacked Mani Shankar Aiyar just because his jibe came close to Gujarat election and Karnataka is still some months away? Or sacrificing his close aide, responsible for his rise as a leader, takes some courage?" Amit Malviya, the head of the BJP's IT cell, tweeted.

Will Rahul Gandhi maintain silence on Divya Spandana’s comment while he sacked Mani Shankar Aiyar just because his jibe came close to Gujarat election and Karnataka is still some months away? Or sacrificing his close aide, responsible for his rise as a leader, takes some courage? — Amit Malviya (@malviyamit) February 4, 2018

To which Spandana aka the actress Ramya retorted again that Malviya had not tagged her because he did not want people watching the videos she has of PM Modi on her timeline.

You didn’t want to tag me cos you didn’t want people to watch the Modi video pinned on my timeline? Come on! Be a sport-
And hey, POT = Potato ???? Onion Tomato ???? what were you thinking? ???? https://t.co/zOEthGQry8 — Divya Spandana/Ramya (@divyaspandana) February 4, 2018

Spandana also added that "hey, POT = Potato, Onion, Tomato, what were you thinking?"

But Malviya was having none of that.

"In Karnataka, more than 3,500 farmers have committed suicide under @siddaramaiah’s watch, highest for any state in India but speaking for them is being on ‘POT’... Congress keeps it classy, again..." he tweeted.

In Karnataka, more than 3,500 farmers have committed suicide under @siddaramaiah’s watch, highest for any state in India but speaking for them is being on ‘POT’... Congress keeps it classy, again... pic.twitter.com/CywRWps9Qq — Amit Malviya (@malviyamit) February 4, 2018

The internet however decided to see the fun side of it all.

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah jumped onto the bandwagon, saying he would have "POT for lunch":

I think I’ll have POT for lunch today. — Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) February 5, 2018

And others soon followed:

Pic 1: TOP coach
Pic 2: POT coach pic.twitter.com/MGqRMzZdOv — Prity Singh (@pritsi2101) February 5, 2018

TOP for breakfast. POT for evening snacks. — Tarique Anwer (@tanwer_m) February 5, 2018