Memes flood X after G20 Summit invite from ‘President of Bharat’ surfaces online

The Constitution mentions both ‘Bharat’ and ‘India’ in the text and uses the two names interchangeably.

While many support the renaming of the country to Bharat on the grounds that India has colonial origins, others argue that it’s unnecessary and merely inspired by political vendetta.

The political uproar over India vs Bharat has inspired a series of memes and witty one-liners on X.

since India is renamed as Bharat
Indigo will now be called pic.twitter.com/gl9DIRRofu

— shubh 𝕏 (@Shubh4_all0) September 5, 2023

IITians will now be called BITians and that means there will be no difference between students who are from actual BIT and new BIT (Formerly known as IIT).

— Aditya Saha (@Adityakrsaha) September 5, 2023

'Miss Bharat' is going to sound really gender fluid.

— Kajol Srinivasan (@LOLrakshak) September 5, 2023

big day for bits pilani students as all iits will now be called bits after india's name change to bharat

— vishal dayama (@VishalDayama) September 5, 2023

Bharath Petroleum is safe :)

— Sandeep Hegde (@SandeepHegde) September 5, 2023

More queues, more deaths ! pic.twitter.com/7wM0A8aKFL

— UnOfficial_NimbuMirchi (@raka56351870) September 5, 2023

Sad 😪 to Inform that

BRICS lost its only single Vowel

BRICS – > BRBCS

— GURLOVE CHOPRA (@GurloveChopra) September 5, 2023

Receptionist to CEO: “Sir, people from CBI are here. They are in conference room”
CEO, CFO quickly destroy all financial papers and go to meet CBI officials.
CBI official: “hello sir, wanted to invite you to our annual function. We are from Confederation of Bharatiya Industry.”

— Satbir Singh (@thesatbir) September 5, 2023

An X user wrote, “Big day for bits pilani students as all iits will now be called bits after india’s name change to bharat”. Another person wrote, “’Miss Bharat’ is going to sound really gender fluid.”

An X user observed, “Sad to Inform that BRICS lost its only single Vowel BRICS – > BRBCS”.

BRICS or Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa is a grouping that seeks to deepen economic cooperation between member countries.

People also joked that many national organisations and brands that have the words “India or Indian” in their names, such as Air India and the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), will have to be renamed if the country goes through a formal name change.

An X user wrote, “Bharath Petroleum is safe :)”.