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When Kapil Sibal wrote a poem on Modi's 56-inch chest

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Kumar Shakti Shekhar
Kumar Shakti ShekharAug 12, 2015 | 18:16

When Kapil Sibal wrote a poem on Modi's 56-inch chest

Former telecommunications minister Kapil Sibal may be out of power but he tries to convey the message that he still wields the power of the pen. Known for wearing different hats – that of a lawyer, politician and lyricist – the senior Congress leader, on August 12, tweeted a short satirical rhyme at Prime Minister Narendra Modi as rupee hit a two-year low against dollar.

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He wrote: “56 inch ki chhati, 58 ka rupaiya; kahan gayee woh chhati, kahan gaya rupaiya.” (The 56-inch chest, value of rupee at 58 against a dollar; Where has that chest gone and where has the rupee gone?”)

Sibal was taking a potshot at Modi’s pre-2014 Lok Sabha election remark that it would take a 56-inch chest to convert Uttar Pradesh to Gujarat. He also tried to puncture the PM’s pre-election claim of improving the nation’s economy. He strategically timed his rhyme to coincide with the fall of rupee at $64.83 and a complete washout of Parliament’s monsoon session staring at the BJP-led NDA government.

Sibal, who is known to have penned songs for some Bollywood movies and a poem for the girl child, took to Twitter after a long time. His last tweet on April 25 was also a dig at Modi when he wrote: “baat mann ki at prime time fixed choices at meal time Ministers are supine Loktantra in decline If no stitches in time Achhey din only mine.”

However he was contradicted by twitterati who attacked him for his remarks on “zero loss” in the 2G spectrum scam and the devaluation of rupee. Some even went to the extent of making personal and obscene comments, which cannot be reproduced here:

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