Smriti Irani was involved in a Twitter was with Bihar education minister Ashok Chowdhary.
Highlights
- Smriti Irani objects to Bihar Education Minister addressing her as 'dear'
- Ashok Choudhary tweeted to Ms Irani asking about new education policy
- Mr Choudhary said he would apologise if anything objectionable was found
Union education minister Smriti Irani engaged in a wordy duel on twitter with Bihar's education minister, Ashok Choudhary of the Congress. It began with Ms Irani taking umbrage at Mr Choudhary addressing her as "Dear Smriti Iraniji". And ended with a climbdown by the Congressmen.
Speaking in Patna on Tuesday afternoon, Mr Chowdhary said if Ms Irani found anything objectionable in his address, he has no hesitation in tendering an apology.
Mr Chowdhary had this morning tweeted Ms Irani, who is on a two-day visit to Bihar.
The minister responded with:
There on, it became a full-blown spat.
Later in the evening, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav weighed in with a tweet.
Ms Irani is no stranger to duels on twitter. In earlier tweet battles, her opponents have included Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi.
The Union HRD minister is in Bihar where she is addressing a function related to two years of the Narendra Modi government.