Buzz of the day: Sonia addresses rally in UP, new name for West Bengal

What drove social media on August 2? Congress president Sonia Gandhi launches campaign for UP Assembly election with a massive rally; West Bengal to remaned as Bengal and more...

August 02, 2016 08:44 pm | Updated August 05, 2016 09:06 pm IST

As Congress president Sonia Gandhi launched her party’s campaign for the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election with a massive roadshow in Varanasi, people took to Twitter, sharing posts about the rally. Discussions, criticism and speculation about party's chances in upcoming election followed.

There were reports of Ms. Gandhi falling sick and leaving the rally. But, she reportedly joined the roadshow later.

A proposal to change the name of West Bengal to Bengal was passed in the Assembly. The proposal was approved at a Cabinet meeting held at the State Secretariat, following which #WestBengal started trending on Twitter.

Meanwhile, #Wagah started trending after the Tamil actor Vikram Prabhu, tweeted poster of the movie Wagah with a caption saying “10 days to go”.

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