#ByeByeSmriti: How ex HRD minister's 'constituency' Twitter reacted to her 'demotion'
Smriti Irani, who was shifted from the high-profile HRD to lower impact textiles ministry in the June 5 reshuffle of the Narendra Modi Union cabinet, is very popular on Twitter.
It is on Twitter that she fought her many wars - from asking Bihar minister Ashok Choudhary not to address her as "dear" or correcting the English grammar of one Saral by calling him "Beta Saral".
Even though Smriti has not won any Assembly or Lok Sabha election, she lords over Twitter. She landed in many a controversy because of her spats. She ran into an argument with Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi over her security cover. Once she squabbled with journalist Barkha Dutt over the JNU row, accusing the latter of "peddling lies".
No wonder then, Twitter went into overdrive when it was known that Smriti had been moved out from the HRD to the textiles ministry. "ByeByeSmriti" trended on Tuesday and also for a longer part of Wednesday. She was trolled with all kinds of posts - funny, hurtful, vengeful and yes, even supportive.
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| Twitter having the last laugh over the new Union textiles minister Smriti Irani after she was shunted out of HRD ministry. |
These are some of the selected ones:
Bhakts are torn between whether to praise Modi for his wise decision or trend I stand with Smriti. #ByeByeSmriti
— SamSays (@samjawed65) July 6, 2016
From Text Books to TextTiles. From Students Union Protests to Trade Union Protests. The battle ground has shifted!#ByeByeSmriti
— Navin Khaitan (@navinkhaitan) July 5, 2016
.@smritiirani has left the Ministry with so low benchmark that whatever @PrakashJavdekar do will be appreciated.#ModiCabinet#ByeByeSmriti
— Syed Maqbool (@maqbool_sm) July 5, 2016
Woah! It turned out to be an aunty-climax...#byebyesmriti #hrdreshuffle
— Suhas Rao (@IamSuhasRao) July 5, 2016
?? ??? ?? ???? ?? ????? ??? ?? ??? ?? ????? ???? ????? ?? ???... #ByeByeSmriti via @DonMufflerMan pic.twitter.com/lehHbCixDp
— Rakesh K. (@AAPKA_RK) July 6, 2016
#ByeByeSmriti - victim of being the loYALEst?
— Harsh Goenka (@hvgoenka) July 6, 2016
Awkward moment when Smriti Irani drops out of Education, again #ByeByeSmriti
— Anuvab Banerjee (@anuvab1136) July 6, 2016
If Govt was an Ekta Kapoor soap, Smriti could come back with a plastic surgery #ByeByeSmriti
— Richa Sharma (@richasharma05) July 6, 2016
As @smritiirani now a Textile Minister. This will be a future of Textile industry.#ByeByeSmriti #SmritiIrani pic.twitter.com/zi4IvMEV58
— Kunal Sehgal (@iambeingkunal) July 6, 2016
Atleast she completed her second year somewhere?? #ByeByeSmriti
— civilzedfoodgatherer (@jatplato) July 6, 2016
Someone told me that the blokes in the Youth Congress created the #ByeByeSmriti hashtag. They just copied the 2014 one: #ByeByeCongress??
— SUHEL SETH (@suhelseth) July 6, 2016
#ByeByeSmriti Just wait & see how she will stich the tongue of her critics. After all Smriti is INDIAN BAHU. https://t.co/JuCYvIfu3H
— Arun Seth (@arunseth1951) July 6, 2016
Chetan Chauhan is the new NIFT Chairman & #ByeByeSmriti is now textile minister! This will SERIOUSLY be fun!!
— Radhika Khera (@Radhika_Khera) July 6, 2016
Naturally! Journalists love spinning yarns, weaving stories and analysing political developments threadbare ;-) https://t.co/an52lqKnS6
— Madhavan Narayanan (@madversity) July 6, 2016
Classiness award for JDU MP Ali Anwar who quips that @SmritiIrani has been made Textile Minister so she can 'cover her body'. #GutterTrash
— Shiv Aroor (@ShivAroor) July 6, 2016