After Rahul's Sholay jibe how GST = Great Sarcasm on Twitter
“Kitne Aadmi thhe? (How many of them?)”, thundered Gabbar Singh onscreen in Sholay and became a legend. Four decades down the line the Congress fell back on the iconic villain to make a metaphor out GST.
GST = Goods and Service Tax, right? Wrong. A resurgent Rahul Gandhi changed it to Gabbar Singh Tax. His social media team, which has recently found its mojo and some more quickly chimed in with a video clip of the 1975 blockbuster spliced with RaGa's offensive.
Rahul Gandhi warns Kalia, the #GabbarSinghTax inspector. Ramesh Sippy did explain it 42 yrs ago. Watch it till the end. Thanks! #GST 😂🙏 pic.twitter.com/dbFFFwapjw
— Gaurav Pandhi (@GauravPandhi) October 23, 2017
It soon became a thing on social media. Gandhi, who is tipped to be taking over the party reins from mother Sonia within a month now, added to his fancount. Others, meanwhile, decided to join the fun in renaming GST.
There already was pent-up frustration regarding the issue – more so ever since the Bharatiya Janata Party targeted Tamil superstar Vijay and his Diwali release Mersal: the actor apparently had taken a good dig at the new tax regime and that didn't go down well with the saffron party despite their microscopic presence in Tamil Nadu.
Many from the film fraternity clearly expressed their irritation:
What's the need for a complete overhaul of GST when we can just delete a few scenes from #Mersal?
— Shirish Kunder (@ShirishKunder) October 23, 2017
While some took the opportunity to lash out at the ways GST has affected them:
#GST FACTS !#MersalVsModi #Mersal pic.twitter.com/zPEvwhUlHJ
— Troll Cinema ( TC ) (@TrollCinemaOff) October 21, 2017
Mujhe #GST ne loota, gairon me kahan dum tha,
— Shamim (@mesham0) October 24, 2017
meri kashti wahi doobi,jahan se #demonitization ka aarambh tha-#Feku #Sheer
Our @FinMinIndia has so much messed up with the major tax revolution that even govt's own ministries r unhappy with it#GST https://t.co/MB2WTi2PNG
— MyIndiaMyPride (@cool_only) October 24, 2017
Meanwhile, History of India – a popular, sarcastic Twitter parlour followed even by Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined in the game. The handle took a few dig, even equating Modi with Gabbar:
Gabbar Singh reciting his famous Dialogue "Ye Hath Mujhe dede Thakur" at a Business meet with Entrepreneurs. (2017) #GabbarSinghTax pic.twitter.com/gQqxuqYSic
— History of India (@RealHistoryPic) October 23, 2017
And then it opened up the game, asking “What's your full form of GST?”
What’s your full form of GST?
— History of India (@RealHistoryPic) October 23, 2017
The result was hilarious. See for yourself:
Greatly Screwed-up Tax
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) October 23, 2017
Ghoom Saariduniya Tax
— Razi (@raz0212) October 23, 2017
#GST = Give Shah-zada Tax
— Razzak Ali Khan (@rzk_ali) October 23, 2017
Go Sell Tea
— Uday Menon (@Uday47) October 23, 2017
Gaanja Smoking tax
— V (@VforVendetta_In) October 23, 2017
Godse Savarkar Tax
— Tempest (@ColdCigar) October 23, 2017
Good Story Telling.
— भारत परभाणे (@parbhane) October 23, 2017
Get some tea.
— Lazy Cat👒 (@uPoliticat) October 23, 2017
Gila Shikwa Tax
— Sasidharan Pazhoor (@inquestioner) October 23, 2017
The responses just kept coming. But perhaps this tweet summed it up all:
First published: 24 October 2017, 14:16 ISTKitne SLABS thhe?#GST #GabbarSingh Tax
— Gabbar Singh Usmani (@aliusmani) October 23, 2017
