Union human resources development minister Smriti Irani on Monday took to microblogging site Twitter to refute allegations by a financial daily that her office had recommended over 5,000 admissions in
Union human resources development minister Smriti Irani on Monday took to microblogging site Twitter to refute allegations by a financial daily that her office had recommended over 5,000 admissions in Kendriya Vidyalaya schools in the current academic year.
She engaged in a Twitter war with a financial daily journalist who had reported the issue in the financial daily.
The HRD minister tweeted, “I recognise ur source-based agenda and have made public my contempt for it.”
The reporter had claimed that Ms Irani had recommended over 5,000 requests for admission to the Central government-run Kendriya Vidyalaya chain of schools.
However, Ms Irani reacted sharply in another tweet, “All admissions are recorded as per requests from MPs across parties plus Bpl (below poverty line) families. Your source based lie as usual ignores facts.”
The reporter responded to Ms Irani saying that with utmost respect to her as a minister, she had been requesting for the ministry’s view and version since Friday, but none had come.
Ms Irani was quick to post her rejoinder.
“2 line humari aur baaki ka version aapka. And by the way respect aap na bhi kare to koi farak nai padta.” (Two lines by us and the rest of version, all yours. And by the way, even if you don’t respect, it does not make a difference.)
