New Delhi, July 25 -- Minutes after Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced his resignation on Saturday, social media timelines underwent a noticeable shift. What had been dominated for weeks by protest updates, slogans, livestreams and discussions over the alleged NEET examination irregularities soon gave way to memes, celebratory edits and humorous reactions.

Within minutes of the announcement, X and Instagram were flooded with posts marking the political development through popular internet trends and viral templates.

Rather than conventional political commentary, many users chose humour to react, with memes quickly becoming one of the biggest online trends of the day.

Social media users repurposed several iconic Bolly...