Engineer's Day 2017: Prime Minister Tweets Appreciation For 'Paramount Role' Of Engineers; Twitter Reacts

New Delhi: On Engineer's Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted his tribute to M. Visvesvaraya and expressed his appreciation for the role engineers play in the development of our nation. To be precise, he tweeted "I salute all engineers on #EngineersDay & appreciate their paramount role in the development of our nation." In response to his tweet, many engineers on twitter responded with kind thanks for the recognition of the profession from the PM, but there were others who could not stop making jokes on the 'paramount role' of an engineer. 

Here's the tweet in question by PM Narendra Modi.
 

I salute all engineers on #EngineersDay & appreciate their paramount role in the development of our nation.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 15, 2017

And the responses.

This one user who explained where the word 'engineer' was derived from and how it related to the modern engineers.
 

The word Engineer is derived from "Anjaneyar"(or Hanuman), who built a bridge and didn't hang around with girls. ?? poor guys#EngineersDay

— ? APPLE ?? (@Apple__Jaq) September 15, 2017

This fake profile taking a dig at Rahul Gandhi and unemployment of engineers in the country at the same time.
 

Maine toh engineering bhi nhi Kiya , phir bhi Mai aajtak berojgari Hoon ....

— office of RG?? (@Rahulgandhi___) September 15, 2017

This one user who was overwhelmed by PM's tweet.
 

??? ????, ??????? ???? ?? pic.twitter.com/smeB0svZua

— #EngineersDay (@sanmistryious) September 15, 2017

It's not that PM did not receive genuine replies.
 

???? ? ???? ??????? ?? ?????? ???? ?? ??#Engineer???? ???? ?? ????? ?? ??????? ?? ?? ????? ?? ?????? ????? ???? ????? ??happy #EngineersDay

— Damini Narayan singh (@DaminiNarayan) September 15, 2017

This one user pointed out the fact that a large percentage of engineers were unemployed in the country. 
 

@narendramodi 1.5 Million Jobs Lost During First Four Months of 2017,Says @_CMIE and 90% of Engineers in India are unemployed.#EngineersDay

— Dilawar Sayed (@arshsayed94) September 15, 2017

This one user who took the humor route to point out what unemployed engineers go through.
 

It's not working sir, engineered and jobless and forced to get married??????

— Rahul ????? Zimmy® (@hellorahul09) September 15, 2017

And this user expressed the anguish of having to look for jobs in completely unrelated fields. 
 

Engineers working as Bank PO #EngineersDay pic.twitter.com/p3IWaGOTv1

— Shanu Gupta (@ShanuGu82279363) September 15, 2017

Twitter users sure know how to rake up a laugh riot, even if it is at the expense of a tweet by PM himself. 

Check more twitter reactions on Engineer's Day here. 

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