Pakistan Day Celebration in India : Major happenings By Deepak Parvatiyar March 26, 2015 The minister of state for external affairs, General (retired) VK Singh’s outburst against media is ignes fatui after he posted a series of five cryptic tweets with the hashtags #Duty and #Disgust following his participation in the Pakistan Day function at the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi on 23 March. Consider his tweets: a) #DUTY A task or action that a person is bound to perform for moral or legal reasons 10:01 PM – 23 Mar 2015 b) #DUTY A job or service allocated c) #DISGUST To sicken or fill with loathing 10:04 PM – 23 Mar 2015 d) #DISGUST To offend the moral sense, principles, or taste of 10:04 PM – 23 Mar 2015 His tweets even led to rumours that he would quit as minister that he vehemently denied thereafter. At the onset, it did appear that General Singh was not able to reconcile between his new avatar of a junior external affairs minister and his arm...
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