After dragon fruit renamed as 'kamalam', Twitter gets flooded with hilarious memes on Kamala Harris

Even as Kamala Harris made history to became the first-ever woman and person of colour to sit at the chair of Vice Presidency in the United States of America, both the literal and virtual worlds erupted with applause. The Indian twitter users could not help but combine Kamala Harris' momentous day with another development closer to home in Gujarat.

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New Delhi: Even as Kamala Harris made history to became the first-ever woman and person of colour to sit at the chair of Vice Presidency in the United States of America, both the literal and virtual worlds erupted with applause.

Indians on twitter, who can make anything funny, took to their creative best to pay 'tribute' to Kamala Harris.

As they combined Kamala Harris' momentous day with another development closer to home in Gujarat.

On Tuesday, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani announced that the popular dragon fruit has been renamed as "Kamalam" as the outer shape of the fruit resembles a lotus. He said that the word Kamalam in Sanskrit means 'lotus'.

Here are some of the hilarious posts shared on Twitter: 

One user said, "Ah yes, Madam Vice President Dragon Fruit Harris."

Ah yes, Madam Vice President Dragon Fruit Harris. — Aavi (@poisonaavi) January 20, 2021

Another user joked, "Joe Biden with dragon fruit."

Joe Biden with dragon fruit. #Kamalam pic.twitter.com/NpcrzLs2s6 — Аnton Kalashnikov (@AKalashnikov05) January 20, 2021

While another user said,

If Dragon fruit = Kamalam

Kamala Harris = Dragon Harris. — Madhu | (@bmadhu) January 20, 2021

This user had a question.

Maybe the dragon fruit is a tribute to Kamala Harris. Yes? No? — Moon (@moonsez) January 20, 2021

The rib tickling connection between 'kamalam' dragon fruit and Kamala Harris was on everyone's lips. 

In honour of Kamala Harris becoming first Indian origin VP, India is changing the name of Dragon Fruit to Kamalam — Sahib Singh (@SahibSi82990197) January 20, 2021

Another made this He wrote, "Enter the 'Dragon" while posting a pictue of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. 

Enter the 'Dragon' #Kamalam #dragonfruit pic.twitter.com/QtfQ9iOBEW — Sreejan Balakrishnan (@b_sreejan) January 20, 2021

On January 21, Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States and Kamala Harris took oath as first woman US Vice President.