Jairam Ramesh's Poetry Slam Meets Jyotiraditya Scindia's History Lesson
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The clash moved to Twitter after Jairam Ramesh hit back at Jyotiraditya Scindia for his "traitor" jibe at the Congress and Rahul Gandhi.
An attack on the Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi, tipped with the word "traitor", by Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia triggered a bitter exchange of words on Twitter on Tuesday night, delving into the history of his family, the erstwhile royals of Gwalior. Has he forgotten Subhadra Kumari Chauhan's immortal poem on the Rani of Jhansi?अंग्रेज़ों के मित्र सिंधिया ने छोड़ी राजधानी थी,बुंदेले हरबोलों के मुँह हमने सुनी कहानी थी,खूब लड़ी मर्दानी वह तो झाँसी वाली रानी थी॥https://t.co/JOz45i574f “The Marathas defeated the British in the South in 1782. In the north, Scindia of Gwalior was dominant and controlled the poor hapless Emperor of Delhi.”- Excerpt from ‘Glimpses of World History'3/3
The Twitter feud began when Jairam Ramesh, a senior leader of the Congress and its top communications lieutenant, shared a news report about the "traitor" jibe by Mr Scindia, a former Congress leader who is now a minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet.
Mr Ramesh quoted a poem by Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, a famous Hindi poet, that praised the Rani of Jhansi, a 19th-century queen who fought against British colonial rule. The poem also mentioned the Scindia family, the rulers of Gwalior, as allies of the British.
"Has he forgotten Subhadra Kumari Chauhan's immortal poem on the Rani of Jhansi?" Mr Ramesh tweeted. "Angrezo Ke Mitra Scindia Ne Chhodi Rajdhani Thi, Bundele Harbolo Ke Munh Hamne Suni Kahani Thi, Khoob Ladi Mardani Wah Tou Jhansi Wali Rani Thi." (Scindia, the friend of the British, had left his capital; we heard the story from the mouths of the Bundela warriors; she (Queen Laxmibai) fought like a man, she was the queen of Jhansi.)
