New Delhi: “What a mistake to demonetise our currency! BJP should have realised that Indian cash dominates the globe: look, even our Chhillar has become Miss World!” senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Sunday in a tweet drawing a lot of flak from the Twitterati. The tweet was apparently Tharoor’s attempt to take a dig at ruling party BJP and its move of demonetisation taken in November last year.
The Thiruvananthapuram MP later apologised, but didn’t delete the tweet. “Certainly no offence was meant to a bright young girl whose answer I’ve separately praised. Please: Chill!” he tweeted later.
Only days ago, Tharoor said demonetisation was “nanny-ism carried to an extreme.” In January, he was detained during an anti-notebandi protest in his constituency. Tharoor had earlier praised Chhillar for her answer to a contest question on the profession that deserved the highest salary.
“A mother deserves the highest respect,” was Chhillar’s response. “It’s just not about cash but also the love and respect that you give to someone. My mother has been a huge inspiration. it is the mother’s job that deserves the biggest salary,” she added.
Tharoor said the reply was “terrific,” and “a real credit to Indian values.” Manushi Chhillar is the sixth Indian woman to have won the Miss World title. Priyanka Chopra, Yukta Mookhey, Diana Hayden, Aishwarya Rai and Reita Faria are the others.
