Forget gag order, Swamy says he will do a better job than Arun Jaitley

Ever since he was made a Rajya Sabha member by the BJP, Subramanian Swamy has attacked finance minister Arun Jaitley with the consistency of a Star Wars stormtropper - from calling the latter an "unelectable dog" to likening his appearance to a "waiter", Modi's favourite economist (and we all know it is not Raghuram Rajan) never runs out of barbs for his party colleague.

So when a political observer asked him whether he would make a better finance minister than Arun Jaitley, there was no holding back for the BJP MP. "I am an economist. He is a lawyer. How can he be better than me?” Swamy said at India Today Mind Rocks Summit in New Delhi on Saturday.

And the firing squad of a human being didn't stop at that. A moderator dared to ask Swamy about a certain "gag order" imposed by the BJP on his pearls of wisdom (or tweets, if you will): "There is no gag order on me. Your problem is that you talk to Jaitley a lot."

*Ouch*

Though such embarrassment is anything but new for both Arun Jaitley and PM Modi, good luck saving face this time. Even on his birthday!

Meanwhile, Twitter had a field day in the second, er... third (or is it fourth now?) round of fire between Swamy and Jaitley:

Subramanian Swamy being a better FM than Arun Jaitley shouldn't be difficult. I have a potted plant in my room that could do a better job.

— lindsay pereira (@lindsaypereira) September 17, 2016

At last the CAT IS OUT OF THE BAG "Subramanian Swamy" dreaming to be FM....What a #Joker That was the reason behind all the noises & howling

— Anieesh (@AnieeshK) September 17, 2016

@UJ1701 @JantaKaReporter waise 1st time I am agree with swamyBecause anyone would be better than jaitley

— Manoj (@naijonam) September 17, 2016

BJP benefited a lot from Subramanian Swamy attention seeking syndrome now it is burning down their own home...aag laga de baby fire ????

— Neha Gupta (@ne_hah) September 17, 2016

Yes, Subramanian Swamy will be a better finance minister than Arun Jaitley. Arun sir mocked us on EPF/PF, also failed to handle I&B Ministry

— Anshul Saxena (@AskAnshul) September 17, 2016

Now better than Finance Minister @arunjaitley soon Subramanian Swamy will say he is better than #HBDPradhanSewak @PMOIndia wait for it.

— Bilal Asadi (@bilalpha) September 17, 2016