Reported By: | Edited By: DNA Web Team |Source: DNA webdesk |Updated: Feb 12, 2022, 12: 28 PM IST
After the silly ‘tweet battle’ between Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and Union Minister Ramdas Athawale went viral. The Union Minister, once extra, talked referring to the incident, at some stage in a press conference.
For the unversed, Union Minister Ramdas Athawale had schooled Shashi Tharoor on the nuances of the English language and pointed out a mistake or two within the latter’s tweet. Shashi Tharoor, who is identified for his expose over the English language, had made some typos in a tweet.
Now, within the presser, the Union Minister is heard reciting a ‘shayari’: “Jinki English maine dekhi Twitter par, unka naam hai Shashi, Aur unka bayaan dekhkar, mujhe aati hai hasi!”
King Athawale pic.twitter.com/d1yZZqBUBa
— Varun SR Goyal (@varunmaddy) February 11, 2022
The Thiruvananthapuram MP had posted a mutter on Twitter of the Lok Sabha when Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was once replying to the discussion on Union Funds 2022. Citing to Athawale, who would be seen within the mutter, Tharoor acknowledged Athawale’s ‘disturbed and incredulous expression’ proves that even the treasury bench can now not imagine the Finance Minister’s claims referring to the economy and her Funds.
This did now not run down too smartly with the Union Minister. He was once snappily to reply. Replying to the tweet, Ramdas Athawale pointed out the spelling errors that the MP had made, giving Twitter users a discipline day, for observe wizard Shashi Tharoor being on the receiving end.
“Pricey Shashi Tharoor ji, they mumble one is sure to form errors whereas making pointless claims and statements,” Athawale tweeted correcting the typos on Shashi Tharoor’s tweet. He additional wrote, “It be now not ‘Bydget’ nevertheless BUDGET. Also, now not rely nevertheless reply! Well, we understand!”
I stand corrected, Ramdas ji. Careless typing is a bigger sin than execrable English!
But whereas you’re on a roll, there’s any individual at JNU who would possibly per chance per chance serve from your tuition…..
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) February 10, 2022
Tharoor took this in his poke and replied serve by acknowledged the spelling errors and attributing them to careless typing. Alternatively, essentially the most silly phase was once that on this total battle of words JNU was once dragged into it. He replied, “Careless typing is a bigger sin than execrable English! But whereas you is at probability of be on a roll, there’s any individual at JNU who would possibly per chance per chance serve from your tuition.”
Pricey Shashi Tharoor ji, they mumble one is sure to form errors whereas making pointless claims and statements.
It’s now not “Bydget” nevertheless BUDGET.
Also, now not rely nevertheless “reply”!
Well, we understand! https://t.co/sG9aNtbykT
— Dr.Ramdas Athawale (@RamdasAthawale) February 10, 2022
Tharoor’s tweet was once in an indirect reference to JNU’s new Vice-Chancellor Santishree Dhulipadi Pandit, whose press open drew flak for grammatical errors. Whereas whosoever scored better on this ‘tweet battle’, one thing is for obvious, Twitter users had a sizable fun seeing Athawale giving English lessons to Shashi Tharoor.
