Till the last count, the tweet had been retweeted 51,365 times and marked favourite by 31,198 users.
The tweet, however, has a long way to go before it can compete with global retweet records.
The global includes Ellen DeGeneres' Oscar selfie at the 86th Academy Awards and US President Barack Obama's victory tweet (saying “Four more years” with picture of himself hugging Michelle) after his second term confirmation.
Obama's tweet was retweeted 774,933 times and marked favourite by 294,571 people.