Just when Indians were profusely discussing the rapidly deteriorating standard of public conduct of the US president, Donald Trump, an Indian member of parliament belonging to the ruling BJP has left social media users equally aghast with his choice of words for a fellow MP from an opposition party.
The BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP, Subramanian Swamy on Saturday posted a tweet explaining the definition of the GST, which was launched on the same day.
However, his tweet on GST wasn’t even remotely connected to the Indian finance or the tax system. Neither was he making any attempts to simplify the newly launched complicated taxation regime for his audience.
Instead his tweet said, “GST= Gigolo Shashi Tharoor”
GST= Gigolo Shashi Tharoor
— Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) July 1, 2017
We know Swamy doesn’t like Tharoor and has been demanding probe into the Congress’s MP’s alleged role into the death of his wife, Sunanda Pushkar.
In fact, on Saturday, Swamy announced that he will be moving the Supreme Court with a PIL seeking a CBI-SIT probe in Sunanda Pushkar’s death.
His dislike for his political opponent aside, a veteran parliament of Swamy’s stature calling a fellow member of parliament a prostitute from social media platform has raised plenty of eyebrows on his conduct as a lawmaker.
The gigolo tweet — My deepest sympathies with @Swamy39 who has decided to voice & live his private fantasies on a public platform.
— Renuka Nambiar (@RenukaNambiar) July 2, 2017
” Gigolo ” means a male prostitute. @TwitterIndia Please look into the matter.
Suspend @Swamy39 . It’s a @verified account !!— Jayasree Vijayan (@JayasreeVijayan) July 2, 2017
It’s a Freudian Slip. @Swamy39 could be subconsciously desiring suave Shashi Tharoor, hence the sudden usage of a word like gigolo.
— DeepSearchingNeuron (@SpockSpeaks) July 1, 2017
Faced with public criticism, Swamy posted another tweet explaining the rationale behind his abuse for Tharoor.
He wrote, “Gigolo is an Italian word. Nothing in Congi dispensation can be higher.”
Gigolo is an Italian word. Nothing in Congi dispensation can be higher
— Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) July 1, 2017
Swamy calling Tharoor a male prostitute is reminiscent of another personal jibe that the former’s leader, now the prime minister, Narendra Modi had used for the Congress MP’s deceased wife.
Modi, in a political rally, had termed Pushkar as ‘Rs 50 crore girlfriend.’