New Delhi : Union Minister Smriti Irani on Saturday hit back at Rahul Gandhi over the ‘couplet’ which the Congress vice-president had tweeted on Friday.
Quoting the poet of modern Hindi literature Dushyant Kumar, Gandhi had written on the micro blogging site, “If you are hungry, be patient! So what if you have no bread? Hunger is a hot topic, these days. Of debate in the Delhi Durbar!
भूख है तो सब्र कर, रोटी नहीं तो क्या हुआ
आजकल दिल्ली में है जेरे-बहस ये मुद्दआ
– दुष्यंत कुमार
https://t.co/JxewmoSfHh— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) October 13, 2017
If you are hungry, be patient!
So what if you have no bread?
Hunger is a hot topic, these days
Of debate in the Delhi Durbar!
– Dushyant Kr— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) October 13, 2017
The Congress vice-president was referring to the recently released Global Hunger Index.
Responding to Gandhi’s salvo, Irani on Saturday tweeted, “Have patience, the power of hunger. So what if you do not have the statistics. Collect all the selfish people as they will make noise to defame the nation.”
ऐ सत्ता की भूख -सब्र कर, आँकड़े साथ नहीं तो क्या
खुदगर्जों को जमा कर, मुल्क की बदनामी का शोर तो मचा ही लेंगे https://t.co/aCrbhZLCaX
— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) October 14, 2017
The Twitter war between the two political heavyweights didn’t end here. “Not surprising that in his keenness to run down Hon PM, Rahul Gandhi maligns the Nation,” Irani said in another tweet.
Not suprising that in his keenness to run down Hon PM, Rahul Gandhi maligns the Nation. https://t.co/5eFEvM3slo
— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) October 14, 2017
Recently, Smriti Irani was in Amethi, which Rahul Gandhi’s represents in the Lok Sabha. Irani had poked holes in Gandhi’s work in his constituency over the last decade.(ANI)