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Didi and Modi and the Indian meme world exploded this week

A whole army of content creators has taken to dressing up as the deposed TMC leader. In the videos, she is beaten, kicked around, and shown as a deranged woman.

New Delhi: A man dressed as Mamata Banerjee being paraded around, hands tied, as he is beaten and kicked by men dressed in BJP colours. An AI-generated video of Banerjee firmly sat on her throne as PM Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi try to unseat her. And voiceovers of Vidya Balan’s hysterical character from Bhool Bhulaiyaa. These were the social media echoes of the BJP’s conquest of Bengal.

In the Viral Spiral of West Bengal election result memes, “Jhalmuri kha ke pura Bengal le gaya” is the chorus. And former (?) chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s refusal to resign is getting primetime treatment. While a good chunk of........

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