Swamy, Vadra spar over ‘waiter’ remarks on social media

June 25, 2016 03:38 pm | Updated November 17, 2021 05:11 am IST - New Delhi

Robert Vadra and Subramanian Swamy.

Robert Vadra and Subramanian Swamy.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law and businessman Robert Vadra on Saturday took a dig at BJP leader Subramanian Swamy for his “derogatory” remarks about waiters, terming them “classist.”

The BJP leader, in return, said that he should concentrate on “staying out of jail” instead of making political comments.

Dr. Swamy had tweeted, “BJP should direct our Ministers to wear traditional and modernised Indian clothes while abroad. In coat and tie they look like waiters.”

Replying to the remarks, Mr. Vadra, in a Facebook post, said, “Undermining waiters who work hard for a living; making condescending and derogatory remarks about them is deplorable and classist“.

Dr. Swamy soon hit back.

“Mr. Vadra should concentrate on staying out of jail instead of making political comments,” he told reporters.

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