Tajinder Bagga attacks Subramanian Swamy on Twitter; gets blocked for his troubles

Amid senior BJP leader Dr Subramanian Swamy's ultimatum to party president JP Nadda to sack IT cell head, party reappointed Amit Malviya to continue for post. Swamy said he had tweeted against Malviya earlier to check wher "fake tweets" against former were financed by latter or t. Dr Swamy n claimed that, "it is clear" that it was PMO Haren Joshi behind it and informed that he has written to PM Modi two weeks or so ago bringing this to his tice with documents.

'PMO Hiren Joshi was behind it'

'Can you be ever loyal to a person?"

Soon after Dr Swamy’s tweets, BJP’s Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga hit back at Rajya Sabha MP and questioned his 'loyalty'. Bagga accused Swamy of ditching Atal Bihari Vajpayee government in favour of Sonia Gandhi in late 1990s. Taking to Twitter, Bagga asked Swamy, "Can you be ever loyal to a person or a cause, or is it too much to expect from you?" Bagga also questioned Rajya Sabha MP alleging change in position over RSS.

Bagga, who also contested Delhi Assembly Polls earlier this year, retweeted several tweets criticising Dr Subramanian Swamy. Tajinder Bagga also shared a screengrab of an article retweeted by Dr Swamy which had praised Congress. "Sweeping Revamp to Local Connect: Priyanka 'Didi' is nt of Silent Change in Cong's UP Strategy" read headline of a news article that was retweeted by Swamy. Soon after, Swamy blocked Bagga on Twitter.

Earlier, Subramanian Swamy had accused Malviya of running a campaign against him using fake tweets. senior party leader had said removing Malviya is “compromise proposal” he has made to party president J.P. Nadda. If he is t removed, he said, it would mean party is t willing to “defend me”. Swamy had also shared a lot of tweets from his followers against Malviya.

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Before that, Swamy had said, " BJP IT cell has gone rogue", with some of its members putting out fake ID tweets to make "personal attacks" on him.  "One Malaviya (BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya) character is running riot with filth. We are a party of maryada purushottam t of Ravan or Dushasan," Rajya Sabha MP said.

Dr Swamy had also defied party’s standing on issue of conducting NEET and JEE exams. He had supported postponement of exams which stood in contradiction of BJP’s decision to go ahead and conduct entrance exam despite Coronavirus pandemic. He also wrote a letter to PM Modi requesting same and also tried calling at his residence.

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