#FuelChallenge: This photo of a unique protest in Kerala against fuel price hike is going viral

Also, going viral is another photo showing a man wearing a helmet and ‘riding’ a coconut tree leaf! Both the photos created a buzz on Twitterverse. Tweeple were quick to notice the innovative mode of protest against the fuel price hike and were left in splits.

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A group of men from Kerala Youth Congress asked PM Modi to take up the fuel challenge and reduce the prices as they did push-ups out a petrol pump. (Source: Twitter)

Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore had launched the #HumFitTohIndiaFit campaign last week, inviting political leaders and public figures to post their ‘fitness’ video on social media and nominate others also. Taking the campaign forward, cricketer Virat Kohli had nominated Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who happily accepted the challenge. Coming at a time when the common citizen is reeling under the sky-rocketing fuel prices, the campaign seems to have irked many. The opposition Congress also joined the protests with its party preisdent Rahul Gandhi ‘challenging’ the government to lower the fuel prices.

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Perhaps, taking a cue from the protests over fuel prices, a group of people in Kerala did push-ups outside a petrol pump. And now the photo of their unusual protest is going viral. The photo also shows a banner of the Indian Youth Congress challenging the prime minister to take up the #FuelChallenge.

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Also going viral, is another photo showing a man wearing a helmet and ‘riding’ a coconut tree leaf! Both the photos created a buzz on Twitterverse. Tweeple were quick to notice the innovative mode of protest and were left in splits. Here’s what they had to say.

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Yet another innovative protest from Kerala. These malayalis took up Modi’s fitness challenge – by doing pushups at a petrol station. Will Modiji take up this fuel challenge now..?? 😂😂#FuelChallenge pic.twitter.com/G527HpIrlg

— പ്രസൂട്ടൻ (@prasootan) May 26, 2018

a vareity mode of protest from kerala.when pm modi goes for fitness challenge youth in kerala celebrating fuel challenge.#FitnessChallenge #FuelChallenge #FuelPriceHike #NarendraModi #Shameongovernment pic.twitter.com/UHcA1fkqYO

— The No Man (@drepthahg76) May 27, 2018

Yet another innovative protest from Kerala. These malayalis took up Modi’s fitness challenge – by doing pushups at a petrol station. Will Modiji take up this fuel challenge now? 😂😂
(c) FB#FuelChallenge #Fitnesschallenge @narendramodi @SushmaSwaraj @unoffarnab @BJP4India pic.twitter.com/Tk0Hjhwdwg

— Ajay Kumar (@ajayakumarkr) May 26, 2018

@sanjivbhatt @vinodjose @Nidhi @PChidambaram_IN @RahulGandhi

That is how the youth protest with brain power and not muscle. Kerala is a model for all the hate mongers. It reads FUEL CHALLENGE! https://t.co/dTyG2tEFGi

— Allow Me To Speak (@AllowSpeak) May 27, 2018

Yet another innovative protest from Kerala. These malayalis took up Modi’s fitness challenge – by doing pushups at a petrol station. Will Modiji take up this fuel challenge now?#FuelChallenge
Love you chetta❤️ pic.twitter.com/RB0BHGEGxQ

— ரகு ராமன் (@raghuraman94) May 26, 2018

#HumFitTohIndiaFit – #Kerala Youth doing push-ups at a Petrol Station to take up Modi’s Challenge – the banner says #FuelChallenge which is a Challenge to modi ji…😛😝 pic.twitter.com/VE6MlT4ToI

— Jairaj P (@jairajp) May 27, 2018

#FuelChallenge #Kerala @BJP4India Our protest for you cruelty pic.twitter.com/AD0WJkqldp

— Gokuldas Patharath (@gokuldaspm) May 27, 2018

#FuelChallenge from a Kerala petrol pump. Wanna try @imVkohli @Vedhika4u pic.twitter.com/l31BiCCf90

— ANTO DAVIS (@dvs_anto) May 28, 2018

#MaluRocks 🤣🤣🤣

— Free Soul (@deja_vu51) May 27, 2018

Dear Kerala brothers u r so creative 😂😂😂

— கருப்பு சட்டை (@Needpeace4) May 27, 2018
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This was not the only thing from Kerala surrounding the fuel price hike that has been doing round on social media. Another poster of a unique contest hosted by DYFI too garnered a lot of attention. As FIFA World Cup is set to start soon, the CPIM’s student wing merged the hot topics together. Harping on Malayalis love for football, the DYFI Pallippuram north area committee near Cherthala organised a penalty shootout competition. And the winner was given one-litre of petrol for free and a half-a-litre refill for the runner-up!

World Cup football fever is rising. So are fuel prices in India. So DYFI (CPM’s Youth Wing) conducted a penalty shootout competition in Kerala.

The Bumper Prize? One-litre petrol for the winner and a half-a-litre refill for the runner-up 😂😂

An Innovative protest pic.twitter.com/JoyxMwqIn7

— Advaid (@Advaidism) May 23, 2018

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