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BJP distances itself from minister's 'presstitute' tweet
New Delhi, April 8
The BJP on Wednesday
distanced itself from Minister of State for External Affairs V.K.
Singh's "presstitute" tweet. The Congress demanded that he be sacked.
"Tweets
are personal. The way (words have been used is) best deciphered by the
person who has tweeted," Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson
Sambit Patra told the media about Gen. (retd) Singh's latest tweet which
has triggered a fresh controversy.
Singh, who has been
overseeing evacuation of Indians from conflict-hit Yemen, had reportedly
commented that evacuation operation in Yemen was looking less exciting
than going to Pakistan high commission for Pakistan Day celebrations.
As a section of the media reported the issue, Singh later tweeted: "Friends what do you expect from presstitutes..."
Congress
spokesperson Randeep Surjewala criticised Singh for his remarks and
tweet. He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should remove him.
"Is Mr Modi listening. Will Mr Modi wake up from slumber and sack him?" Surjewala said.
Party leader Manish Tewari said that Singh looks "out for publicity".
Leaders of Janata Dal-United and Nationalist Congress Party also slammed Singh.
Patra sought to put a lid on the controversy, and said that media was "the fourth pillar" in a democracy.
He said all the pillars of democracy have together to strengthen the country.