Former lok Sabha Speaker and Opposition's Presidential candidate Meira Kumar joined Twitter on Monday, amid a spat between Union Minister Sushma Swaraj and the Congress over her nomination.
In response to Swaraj's attack on Kumar a day earlier, the Congress' official Twitter handle on Monday posted a video of Swaraj praising the Congress veteran and saying, "I am a fan of you".
At Kumar's farewell in 2013, Swaraj told the House: "I want that we all fight the elections with integrity… And I am a fan of you. What Vasudev ji said in public, I have told you multiple times in person; your nature and the quality of not being angry/agitated contributes the most to the proper functioning of this House."
The External Affairs Minister had on Sunday posted an old video of Kumar - it was captioned "This is how lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar treated the leader of Opposition" - interrupting her speech to Parliament in 2013. Swaraj, who was targeting the UPA II government for being "the most corrupt since Independence", was interrupted by Kumar, then Speaker, 60 times during her her six minute, 23 second speech.
Kumar, whose name was put forth after the NDA announced former Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind as its candidate, made her debut on the occasion of Eid, tweeting, "Eid Mubarak! Joy, peace and prosperity to all."