#BoycottMillennials trends in India after finance minister blames young people for poor car sales
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has blamed the ongoing slowdown in the Indian automotive sector on millennials, and the online meme merchants wasted no time in making hay out of the comments.
It didn’t take long for commuting millennials to get to work creating memes under the hashtag #BoycottMillennials, which trended across the country overnight.
#BharatiyaJokePartypic.twitter.com/7iWUCVC9m3
— Congress (@INCIndia) September 11, 2019
Aviation industry is facing crisis because millennials prefer flying in PUBG plane #BoycottMillennialspic.twitter.com/nnDPwh75jq
— #PervySage_Jiraiyya ஏழைகள் அவெஞ்சர் (@GreySasquatch) September 10, 2019
Sithraman said on Tuesday that the slowdown in the sector can be traced to a number of factors but, naturally, any mention of millennials triggered the Twitteratti.
The minister claimed that millennials would rather take a cab or the metro than commit to taking on debt to finance a vehicle of their own.
Instead of boycotting all the things millennials like, in succession, let's boycott the whole generation.#BoycottMillennials#SayItLikeNirmalaTaipic.twitter.com/IaiQ0CXNNn
— Mamta Srivastava (@Mamttta) September 10, 2019
The only millennial concerned for car industry. #BoycottMillennialspic.twitter.com/Drbtw0VCFo
— Rofl Gandhi 2.0 (@RoflGandhi_) September 10, 2019
The cosmetic industry is down because millennials are using filters and editing apps on Phone .#BoycottMillennials 😂 #SayItLikeNirmalaTaipic.twitter.com/UB8bKwNKQg
— Sᴀʀғᴀʀᴀᴢ Kʜᴀɴ (@khan_sarfaraz07) September 11, 2019
“Some studies do tell us, the mindset of the millennials who are now preferring not to commit an EMI (loan) towards buying automobiles, but would consider taking [car services] Ola, Uber and everything else or take the metro. So, [a] whole lot of factors are influencing the automobiles sector,” she said.
Also on rt.com #BanNetflixIndia trends as social media users accuse streaming giant of defaming IndiaAugust saw sales of cars dwindle in India, with domestic sales falling 31.6 percent year-on-year, the lowest number since 1997-98. Sales in July were down 18.71 percent from 2018, marking the sharpest decline in almost two decades.
So, while Indian millennials may never own cars, they sure own the meme game.
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