Not the India I grew up in, shameless moment: Twitter users object to the renaming of Motera stadium after PM Modi
The current renaming of the Sardar Patel stadium of Ahemdabad as Narendra Modi stadium has created an uproar among Patel's followers.
Twitter got flooded by thousands of tweets opposing this move. A user tweeted, "RSS is taking revenge on Sardar Patel for banning RSS."
Another user mocked the move, "Naming a stadium after politician name? This is not the India I grew up in. The stadium should be named after sportspeople like Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajiv Gandhi."
A Twitter user wrote, "Sardar Patel stadium in Ahmedabad is renamed as Narendra Modi stadium. This is not a proud moment. This is called a shameless moment."
By running the hashtag, "#SardarPatelKaApman", a user wrote, "Hitler had named the Football Stadium at Stuttgart after himself & called it the Adolf-Hitler Kampfbahn in 1933. Modi insulted Sardar Patel."