Union Minister Smriti Irani's back-to-back digs at Rahul Gandhi over his criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the notes ban have stirred Twitter.
Ms Irani, who has rarely missed a chance to duel with the Congress Vice President since she challenged him in his constituency Amethi in Uttar Pradesh in 2014, started her tweet offensive shortly after Mr Gandhi's speech at a Congress event.
The Textile Minister picked three comments posted by Mr Gandhi's official Twitter handle and tweeted her retorts.
2G, Coal Scam, Common Wealth Games Scam, Augusta - Your definition of competence??? https://t.co/cpctv5fwvU
— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) January 11, 2017
Is this an admission that decades of Congress rule in our country were not Acche Din??? https://t.co/NuRG4nHPP7
— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) January 11, 2017
"Sly tweet for Manmohan Singh???" she commented on the Congress leader's comment that "for the first time in our history a Prime Minister of India is being ridiculed the world over."
Within minutes came her response to two more comments posted on Mr Gandhi's Twitter page.
Gandhi was speaking at the Jan Vedna conclave against the government’s demonetisation move. In a speech laced with wit and humour, unlike his angry speeches in the past, Rahul accused the BJP and RSS of instilling “fear” among people and then converting it into anger. He went on to mimic the Prime Minister over his “Mitron” reference, questioned his love for yoga, saying that he does not do padmasana, and rephrased a popular movie song to say, “Aapka toh lagta hai bas yahi sapna, ram ram japna garibo kaa maal apna.”
