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V K Singh moment: Do I smell a rat to obfuscate BJP NE meet, tweets Meenakshi Lekhi

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New Delhi, April 4: After V K Singh, now BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi has done the same. Threading on the line of Singh who skirted controversy with his tweets recently, Lekhi on Friday said that she "smelt a rat to obfuscate" the coverage of BJP's national executive meeting in Bengaluru .

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Reacting over social media, she said, "Do I smell a RAT 2 obfuscate the BJP national executive meeting, attempts being made not to cover the meeting, instead cover some other inane issues?".

Lekhi's V K Singh moment

The statement which could snowballed into major controversy has once again revived memories of the row over union minister V K Singh's controversial tweets after his attending the Pakistannational day celebration at that country's high commission here last month when several Kashmiri separatist leaders were present.

In a separate post soon afterwards on the micro-blogging site twitter, Lekhi further said "response 2 my previous tweet shows D intent while 1 story is relevant as news, other S a discussion material, ?ing not Smritiji's but media emphasis."

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Singh, a former army chief, after attending Pakistan Day dinner had posted a series of cryptic tweets, with hashtags 'Duty' and 'Disgust'. "

#DUTY The force that binds one morally or legally to one's obligations," read one of the tweets.

"#DISGUST To sicken or fill with loathing," said another of the tweet.

"#'Disgusted' to see how certain sections of the media are twisting this issue," he said late on Monday.

His tweets had raised eyebrows about their meaning--particularly whether he had expressed his unhappiness over being asked to attend an event where Kashmiri separatist.

The incident brought big embarrassment to Modi government. Later V K singh said that his tweets were taken in a wrong way. "I am fully committed to my party and my government and specially to the Prime Minister,' former army chief had clarified while reacting over the controversy.

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