Keralites, known for their strong social reactions, took to various social media to troll BJP national president Amit Shah for allegedly trying to give a communal color to Onam. A hashtag #PoMoneShaji (crudely translates as 'get lost you Shaji') started trending on Twitter soon after he wished Vaman Jayanthi on the eve of the popular festival in Kerala.

Here are some of the tweet reactions on #VamanaJayanthi:

@AmitShah its onam.. its always onam and it will be always onam!! #pomoneshaji — Sarath Mohan M (@drsrt7) September 13, 2016

Comparing images of Amit Shah's 2015 tweet, in which he wished all Keralites happy Onam, and his controversial Vamana Jayanti tweet on Tuesday, politician Raju P. Nair asked the BJP leader how his concept about the festival changed over a year.

Social commentator and member of Sabarimala tantri family Rahul Easwar, meanwhile, appealed all to refrain from going to Mahabali vs Vamana.

Kerala Celebrates #HappyOnam ... in memory of the Great King #Mahabali & Maha Vishnu's Avatar Vaman .. Both Mahabali & Vaman belong to us — Rahul Easwar (@RahulEaswar) September 13, 2016

Some others criticized BJP and other Hindu outfits for trying to convert a secular festival into a communal one.

Who bothers about the myth behind Onam? Sanghies will never be able to convert it into Hindu festival Vamana Jayanti https://t.co/qahQcNK9pv — Ravi Kunnath (@KunnathRavi) September 13, 2016 Worst insult on Kerala in recorded history. Onam, not vamana jayanti @narendramodi @unnikrishnan @ShashiTharoor https://t.co/qINtLXTyfj — Ullekh NP (@Ullekh) September 13, 2016

Some even tagged Shah's tweet as one that points to BJP's agenda of 'not standing with the oppressed'.

Twitteratis like @kiduva warned that Malayalis who would pick Vamana jayanthi over Onam would be eventually isolated in the community.

Malayalis celebrating vamana jayanti would be like Chileans celebrating US independence day for destroying democracy in Chile. #PoMoneShaji — kiduva (@kiduva) September 13, 2016

Meanwhile, others like @shilaanand reminded Malayalis that they might get an Onam wish from Amit Shah on Wednesday and the Vamana Jayanthi one was for the national audience.

@NameFieldmt Thanks to you I reading neta tweets. I read that as Vamana Jayanti for all Indians. Maybe Mallus will get Onam wishes tomorrow? — Shilpa Anand (@shilpaanand) September 13, 2016 Sometimes it's great 2 be a villain than hero so let me stick with #onam than #VamanaJayanthi@manoramaonline @deepesh_dpu @shone_gladiator — REJIN (@thaliyathrejin) September 10, 2016

Meanwhile, Twitteratis like @itskarthikb4u stayed away from the controversy part of it and wished all both festivals.