An avalanche of WhatsApp jokes and memes tell the story of today’s Assembly election in Kerala. A friend in Kochi was so deluged that he deleted a chunk before he forwarded some, and they all concerned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hubristic remarks comparing the living standards of Kerala’s tribes with that of Somalia, an impoverished African country. They ranged from logos of “Somalia — God’s own Country” to jokes about how the Royal Challengers Bangalore team is going to be banned from the IPL because it broke the four foreign player limit — along with Chris Gayle (WI), Shane Watson (Australia), AB DeVilliers (South Africa), and Chris Jordan (UK), it has Sachin Baby (‘Somalia’). BJP candidate and ex-cricketer Sreesanth, in tears, features in many jokes; one, captioned in Malayalam, says “Poor Somalian kid watching PM Modi eat.” Malayalam actor Suresh Gopi, another BJP candidate stuffs his face with a large thali in another photo, captioned (in Malayalam):

RCB batsman Sachin Baby. Pic/AFP (right) Solar scam prime accused Saritha Nair