S Sreesanth gets trolled for referring Kerala as city

Published - 18 Apr 2016, 18:36 IST | Updated - 18 Apr 2016, 18:36 IST

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Sreesanth, the cricketer turned politician, landed himself in trouble and became a subject for trolls after he mistakenly referred his state Kerala as a city.

The change is must in Kerala Nd Iam sure It will happen this time..we can be worlds best city if we all work together..
— Sreesanth (@sreesanth36) April 17, 2016

The former cricketer and current BJP candidate in Kerala’s assembly elections, Sreesanth posted this tweet campaigning for a seat in Thiruvananthapuram (TVM). Sreesanth is quite regular on social media and regularly updates his feeds for his 1.04 million followers.

He was not spared for his silly mistake and was taken apart by his own followers and other random Twitter users. Jokes and jabs on Sreesanth’s IQ soon flooded the micro-blogging site. Some of the users even raised questions about the BJP’s political agenda in the state.

@sreesanth36 Kerala is a state, not a city !!
— Soney (@SoneyPaulson) April 17, 2016

@sreesanth36 No sir, Kerala can be the world's best panchayat if Feejaypee comes to power.
— gokul sb (@kitchusb) April 18, 2016

@sreesanth36 @timesofindia @htTweets Kerala? City? Omg u need a lesson in general knowledge and geography first..then in political science.
— TheRadiologistsEye (@beingdrgaurav) April 18, 2016

What will be the name of the football club owned by sreesanth – Kerala City FC
— kiduva (@kiduva) April 18, 2016

Sreesanth created more fuss about the issue after he banned one user from following him after he pointed out the mistake in the tweet. The user also refused to drop his sarcasm weapon and tweeted back saying that he lost one potential voter because of this act.

It has been only a few weeks since Sreesanth’s announced his entry into the new phase of life. He declared his candidature for a seat in Thiruvananthapuram (TVM). Sreesanth said that this is a great opportunity to start fresh and give it back to the people.

He says that they’ve been really supporting to him during tough times. His decision to fight elections created lot of buzz on the social media with people coming up with various hilarious memes to take welcome him in the field of politics.