Much ado about Boris Johnson’s visit to JCB factory. See Twitter reactions

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, during his two-day visit to India, inaugurated a factory of UK-headquartered heavy equipment maker JCB in Gujarat and immediately sparked off a meme-fest online. Johnson shared a video which shows him hopping onto a JCB bulldozer at Halol in Panchmahal district of Gujarat on Thursday.

Boris Johnson was accompanied on his visit to the JCB plant by Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel.
On desi Twitter, where yellow JCB excavators have somehow managed to gain cult status with ‘JCB ki khudai’ memes, the sight of the UK prime minister on a JCB vehicle was meme fodder. Predictably, reactions came in fast and furious. Take a look:

A section of the internet, however, found the memes tone-deaf in the backdrop of demolition of properties that took place in Delhi's Jahangirpuri. British newspapers like The Independent and the Guardian condemned Johnson for visiting a JCB plant at a time when the company’s bulldozers were used to carry out controversial demolitions in Delhi.

The Independent called it “unfortunate timing”, while The Guardian noted that his visit was met with backlash.

Amnesty India called the visit "ignorant"

After arriving in Gujarat on Thursday, Boris Johnson reached Delhi late on Thursday night. He was received at the airport by Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar. He will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.