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- Published: January 20, 2021 16:02
New Delhi: Gujarat government has decided to rename the Dragon Fruit as ‘Kamalam’. The reason behind is – its outer appearance like a flower and also its ‘association’ with China.
State government has also applied for a patent to change nomenclature of Dragon Fruit, grown in Kutch, Navsari and Saurashtra.
As the news spread, it sent the social media in a hyperactive mode and Twitter got flooded with memes and jokes.
How Twitterati pricked Dragon with memes
Soon after announcement by CM Rupani, netizens posted hilarious memes and jokes with hashtags #DragonFruit, #Kamalam. #SanskariFruitSabzi became a trend on Twitter.
Hallelujah! The dragon has been shown its place… oh wait, I meant dragonfruit. https://t.co/JtVly2gkki
— Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) January 20, 2021
The Dragon has been slayed! https://t.co/k5QAGx9uO4
— Karti P Chidambaram (@KartiPC) January 20, 2021
Henceforth, you should ask for ‘kamalam’ (कमलम्) instead of dragon fruit. #Dragonfruit #kamalam #gujarat. pic.twitter.com/EmDJ6iLU1g
— Parth nasit (@theparthnasit) January 20, 2021
So now they’ve started renaming fruits & vegetables? ???
It’s so funny. #dragonfruit pic.twitter.com/wIJ1XQg7jx— IdlyVadaa (@IdlyVadaa) January 20, 2021
#Kamalam #dragonfruit
Now they are even renaming fruits also.
Peach be like: https://t.co/8EM5lPrnO8 pic.twitter.com/82oEFBHaiA— Divesh Bhagat (@DiveshBhagat11) January 20, 2021
Gujarat CM renamed Dragon fruit as Kamalam cz it looks like lotus.
Banana be like: pic.twitter.com/Rf9GdswLIj
— Aarohi Tripathy ?? (@aarohi_vns) January 20, 2021
Wondering if they are planning to rename Banana and Oranges as well based on “Outer shape of the fruit” ????♂️ pic.twitter.com/uAeF98POQy
— Rishi Shrivastava (@rishi_s01) January 20, 2021
After #dragonfruit, next in line:
Arbi pic.twitter.com/gRpEUTB7mc
— Dr. Prerna Bakshi (@bprerna) January 20, 2021
Why renaming the fruit, CM Rupani said this
Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani said, “We have applied for the patent of the Dragon fruit to be called as Kamalam. But as of now, we the Gujarat government have decided to call the fruit as Kamalam.”
“Even though the fruit is known as dragon fruit, it doesn’t sound appropriate. The word Kamalam is a Sanskrit word and the fruit does have the shape of the lotus, so we have decided to call it Kamalam, and there’s nothing political about it,” Rupani added.