Union Minister Smriti Irani was going about her day when journalist Barkha Dutt tagged her in a tweet where she was promoting her latest column: A Letter To PM Modi From ‘Anti-National Sickular Presstitute’ Barkha Dutt
Minister @smritiirani says JNU insulted Mother India. But what of compassionate, gentler side of Mothers? My column: https://t.co/syfGgmwP99
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) February 22, 2016
@BDUTT Madam find me 1 quote where I have named JNU else let it be known to the world once again u peddle lies.
— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) February 22, 2016
@smritiirani ma’am eg: read this in @dna wasnt your ref to JNU students charged with sedition. All papers said so ? https://t.co/VJbvbOKd9m
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) February 22, 2016
@smritiirani and here is Business standard saying the same on your comment on JNU issue https://t.co/tjmXsQCvMU
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) February 22, 2016
@smritiirani and here is Business standard saying the same on your comment on JNU issue https://t.co/tjmXsQCvMU
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) February 22, 2016
@naqshband @smritiirani that’s what I read in all newspapers. Have posted link to DNA. Can attach other links too
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) February 22, 2016
@BDUTT Apne jhooth ke liye doosro ka sahara mat lijiye. Maine aaj tak issue pe JNU ke naam se newspaper aur TV channel ko quote nahi diya.
— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) February 23, 2016
@smritiirani so ma’am are you accusing almost the entire print media of “jhhooth”? And just curious whom were your comments directed at then
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) February 23, 2016
@BDUTT u point out to certain journos and their reports to help ur cause but ur claim itself shows a systematic attempt to derail facts.
— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) February 23, 2016
@smritiirani no idea why you needlessly personalise. However if I am a “liar” so are BS, DNA& 10 newspapers that wrote this. Agreed?
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) February 23, 2016
Of course, Twitter wasn’t going to let this go unnoticed. And then began a debate;
.@BDUTT Plz don’t quote her out of context.All Ma Bharti,Ma Saraswati vandana references were for Yale.https://t.co/LSMpsKy2I2 @smritiirani
— Scotchy (@scotchism) February 23, 2016
BREAKING NEWS:
Barkha Dutt calls herself a liar along with BS, DNA & 10 other newspapers. 😂😂#IamAlsoJournalist— PhD in Bakchodi !! (@Atheist_Krishna) February 23, 2016
