Swamy takes on Jaitley, again

New Delhi, June 24

In an implicit attack on Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Friday criticised those “giving me unasked for advice of discipline”.

“People giving me unasked for advice of discipline and restraint don’t realise that if I disregard discipline, there would be a bloodbath,” Swamy tweeted.

Though the MP did not name Jaitley, his tweet followed Jaitley’s public admonition of Swamy after the latter called for the sacking of Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian.

In another tweet, Swamy also urged the BJP leadership to ask ministers to wear traditional Indian clothes when they go abroad. “BJP should direct our ministers to wear traditional and modernised Indian clothes while abroad. In coat and tie, they look like waiters,” he wrote.

Jaitley’s photographs of meeting with the Bank of China Chairman in Beijing in a lounge suit appeared in several newspapers on Friday morning. — IANS

Sena backs Swamy 

Mumbai: The Shiv Sena on Friday waded into the battle between BJP leader Subramanian Swamy and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley by extending support to the former. “We have deep love and affection for Subramanian Swamy because of his support for Hindutva and for his continuing battle against corruption,” an editorial in Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna said. The write-up went on to say that the recent online exchanges between the two leaders only brought to light the contradictions within the BJP. “Both (Swamy and Jaitley) are from the same party and differences between them bring to light the differences within the BJP," the editorial said. — TNS