Banaskanth: Gujarat Congress OBC leader Alpesh Thakor has claimed that the complexion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has turned fair because he eats mushrooms imported from Taiwan that costs Rs 80,000 per piece.
"Someone told me that you can't eat what Modi ji eats, because it's not a food for the poor," Thakor said addressing an election gathering in Gujarat and continued the anecdote, saying he was told that the Prime Minister eats mushrooms that come from Taiwan.
"One mushroom costs Rs 80,000, and he eats five mushrooms a day. That is why I wonder how he turned so fair. He was as dark as me," Thakor added.
#WATCH Modi Ji eats mushrooms from Taiwan, one mushroom costs Rs 80 thousand & he eats 5 mushrooms a day. He was dark like me but he became fair because of imported mushrooms: Alpesh Thakor, activist & Congress leader #GujaratElection2017 pic.twitter.com/jh5QPN27SD
— ANI (@ANI) December 12, 2017
Soon hashtag #importedmushroom started trending on Twitter, with many posting 'before and after' memes on social media.
Here are some of them:
Before and After having Imported Mushroom #ImportedMushroom #MushroomEffect pic.twitter.com/IK8k8yJkYH
— yatin sangoi (@Y4T1N) December 12, 2017
Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs: #AlpeshThakore Imported Mushroom version pic.twitter.com/rRwwMzOZqr
— Why So Silly (@silly_why) December 12, 2017
Before and after eating imported mushroom. Vote for congress. pic.twitter.com/TnNXV2ZDsU
— Keh Ke Peheno (@coolfunnytshirt) December 12, 2017
Pic 1: @ArvindKejriwal before eating imported mushroom
Pic 2: Sadji after eating imported mushrooms (as well as samosas and thaalis) pic.twitter.com/mnpmA4luBM
— Aditya Tiwari (@adt007ad) December 12, 2017
1. Normal imported Mushroom.
2. Imported Mushroom on seeing Ashutosh. pic.twitter.com/ii93st6kfk— The Skin Doctor (@theskindoctor13) December 12, 2017
Deshi Mushroom vs Imported Mushroom pic.twitter.com/EwS1mtVKDW
— Prakash Sawant (@Prakash_Sawant) December 12, 2017
Thakor also alleged that the same person told him that PM Modi has been eating those mushrooms since he became the CM of Gujarat, in 2001.
"The Prime Minister who eats mushrooms worth Rs 1.20 crore in a month, you can imagine how many crores of money his workers must be eating up," he added.
Thakore formed a front from the OBC community, Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities and called it the OSS Ekta Manch. Thereafter he joined hands with the Congress.
Pic1:- @OfficeofRg Before eating mushro&
Pic2:- @OfficeofRg after eating mushroom pic.twitter.com/JIjQDvv2I1— Dr kumar Vishwas (@DrkumarVishwass) December 12, 2017
Ajay Devgn before and after eating imported Mushroom... pic.twitter.com/ax43BmhfFs
— Randheer Thakur (@India_Se_Hu) December 12, 2017
Mushroom + Dr Batra effect pic.twitter.com/Ju9jxgzqq7
— Abhishek,Freelance Tweeter (@SsupHolmes) December 12, 2017
This mushroom effect is unbelievable pic.twitter.com/CXSjnSwL2N
— Battle4Delhi! (@Battle4Delhi) December 12, 2017
When @ashutosh83B took Imported Mushroom Challenge pic.twitter.com/q4uKAAPHDK
— Abhishek Singh (@IAbhi_s1) December 12, 2017
Meanwhile, the curtains came down on Tuesday on campaigning for the second phase of polling in Gujarat.
The second and final phase of elections will see 93 Assembly seats spread across 14 districts in north and central Gujarat going to polls.
The first phase of voting for the 182-member Assembly, held on December 9, covered 89 seats.
(With Agency inputs)