In a poetic response to Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's taunt on India slipping three notches to 100 among 119 countries on the Global Hunger Index (GHI), Union Minister Smriti Irani on Saturday accused him of "maligning" the nation.
Rahul had on Friday tweeted few couplets by famous Hindi poet Dushyant Kumar, slamming the BJP-led NDA government and Smriti too decided to hit back with a "poem".
"ऐ सत्ता
की भूख -सब्र कर, आँकड़े साथ नहीं तो क्या खुदगर्जों को जमा कर, मुल्क की बदनामी का शोर तो मचा ही लेंगे ..."
"Aye satta ki bhookh - sabr kar, aakande saath nahin to kya
khudgarzon ko jama kar, mulk ki badnaamee ka shor to macha hi lenge"
Smriti Irani tweet