Minister of state for external affairs VK Singh yesterday termed the media as 'presstitutes'. On Tuesday V.K. Singh stirred a fresh controversy with political parties and editors slamming him for calling the media 'presstitutes'.
"Friends what do you you expect from presstitutes," the controversial General tweeted. Then he added to it with another tweet, 'clarifying' what he exactly meant by it - as if anyone could be in doubt about the word with "last time the news anchor thought there was 'O' in place of 'E'."
This is the same General who controversially questioned his own Date of Birth, so as to wrangle an extension for a couple of years, allegedly to thwart a successor from becoming Chief of Army. After he lost the case, never bothered to institute a correctional mechanism to avoid such controversies in future - as suggested in my post - which doubly vilified him.
UPA had #ShashiTharoor as its Joker. Guess V.K. Singh is the Joker in this BJP regime.
Minister in #Presstitutes tweet controversy is the Joker of BJP. Original report at http://j.mp/1E3IJeC.
Mind you, this is not the first time a politician uses the 'ho' word against others - in media or in politics, but all those instances were 'abroad'. This must be the first time a senior level politician, a Central Minister at that, has used the 'ho' word in India.
(image courtesy India Today & cartoonist Narsim)
"Friends what do you you expect from presstitutes," the controversial General tweeted. Then he added to it with another tweet, 'clarifying' what he exactly meant by it - as if anyone could be in doubt about the word with "last time the news anchor thought there was 'O' in place of 'E'."
This is the same General who controversially questioned his own Date of Birth, so as to wrangle an extension for a couple of years, allegedly to thwart a successor from becoming Chief of Army. After he lost the case, never bothered to institute a correctional mechanism to avoid such controversies in future - as suggested in my post - which doubly vilified him.
UPA had #ShashiTharoor as its Joker. Guess V.K. Singh is the Joker in this BJP regime.
Minister in #Presstitutes tweet controversy is the Joker of BJP. Original report at http://j.mp/1E3IJeC.
Mind you, this is not the first time a politician uses the 'ho' word against others - in media or in politics, but all those instances were 'abroad'. This must be the first time a senior level politician, a Central Minister at that, has used the 'ho' word in India.
- in March 2015, the Zambian Minister for Education Michael Kaingu called the Namwala MP Moono Lubezhi a ‘prostitute;
- in Nov 2014, Iceland's Progressive MP Þorsteinn Sæmundsson termed artist Snorri Ásmundsson as Iceland's biggest attention whore;
- in Oct 2014, Queensland's acting Integrity Commissioner has likened selling access to ministers through political fundraisers to prostitution;
- in Nov 2013, Canada's CBC reporter was called out for terming Conservative cabinet minister Michelle Rempel's photo on her Twitter was 'slutty';
- in Aug 2012, Dmitry Rogozin, Russia Deputy Prime Minister, Calls Madonna Moralizing 'Slut' After Support For Pussy Riot;
(image courtesy India Today & cartoonist Narsim)
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