Manish Tewari ready to apologise, but wants PM to unfollow those who abuse women
Tewari later said he was willing to apologise for a "colloquial" Hindi phrase and meant no offence to the prime minister or Mahatma Gandhi.
Manish Tewari who posted an abusive tweet against Prime Minister Narendra Modi is willing to apologise, but has a clause. He said that Modi should unfollow those who abuse women.
In
his
post,
Tewari
used
abusive
words
and
wrote
in
Hindi
in
Roman
script
about
how
Modi
"befooled"
people
and
that
"Even
Mahatma
cannot
teach
MODI
Deshbhakti
(patriotism)".
He
was
responding
to
a
remark
made
by
a
person
on
the
micro
blogging
website
that
patriotism
is
in
the
DNA
of
Modi
and
even
Mahatma
Gandhi
cannot
teach
him
that.
It
was
made
in
response
to
a
short
video
clip
put
out
by
Tewari
about
a
gaffe
purportedly
committed
by
Modi
abroad
when
he
had
started
walking
even
as
the
national
anthem
was
being
played.
Tewari later said he was willing to apologise for a "colloquial" Hindi phrase and meant no offence to the prime minister or Mahatma Gandhi. "Willing to apologise for using a 'colloquial' Hindi phrase. However will PM promise to unfollow those who heap unmentionable abuse on women???," he said in a series of tweets.
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