#ModiInsultsIndia is top trending on Twitter since Tuesday morning amid much anger on the social media site over Prime Minster Narendra Modi's comments in speeches he made in Shanghai and Seoul.
The PM had said in Shanghai, China, on Saturday, "Earlier, you felt ashamed of being born Indian. Now you feel proud to represent the country. Indians abroad had all hoped for a change in government last year."
Saturday, May 16, was the first anniversary of the spectacular victory that PM Modi and his BJP posted in the national elections.
In Seoul, South Korea, he said yesterday, "There was a time when people used to say we don't know what sins we committed in our past life that we were born in Hindustan. Is this any country, is this any government...we will leave."
In both cities the PM was addressing receptions hosted by the Indian community during his three-nation foreign tour.
The hashtag is at the top of India trends on Twitter with nearly 70,000 tweets around it. It has also climbed to number two on worldwide trends as many sought to remind the PM that their pride in being Indian has nothing to do with which political party is in power.
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