Followed by an army of 2.82 million Twitter followers, @Swamy39, the much followed ballistic twitter handle which has over 47.4k tweets, has turned quiet. Missing is the usual witty and vicious repartees. Instead, he has chosen to tweet about a paper on index numbers he co-authored with economist Paul Samuelson, which apparently was used by the European Union in its monetary policy.
On Tuesday, @Swamy39 struck a philosophical note, tweeting:
The world is in general equilibrium. A small change in one parameter effects changes in all variables. So Krishna advised: Sukh Dukhe....
6:17 AM - 28 Jun 2016
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The 25 yet-to-be-named people on his 'hit list' of bureaucrats, whom he threatened to 'kalaas', might be heaving a sigh of temporary relief at the small change in equilibrium effected by a, frankly speaking, Modi.
A re-tweet even took a pledge: @Swamy39 We will neither let failures mess with our heart nor let success mess with our head #Pledge
6:27 AM - 28 Jun 2016
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Swamy's beloved PTs seemed to have finally discovered Swamy's Lakshman Rekha. Publisher and Swamy supporter Minhaz Merchant @minhazmerchant tweeted
After Swamy's public dissing of FM, Modi could hardly not offer a rebuke. Mild nameless rebuke though as rebukes go. Rajan defence stronger
7:56 PM - 27 Jun 2016
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Merchant also played down the Modi interview as "good in parts" and mildly "Lutyenised".
New theories of how Swamy has the backing of Nagpur - where the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological fount of the BJP - started floating around.
On Tuesday, Swamy seemed to be remembering good old days of his friendship with Sonia, Jayalalitha, and others, when he re-tweeted a fan tweet of a The Telegraph article titled: "Swamy and Gandhis: Not always foes."
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PTs read Madhav Godbole's new book: "Unfinished Innings" on how as Minister I helped RG be cremated honourably in 1991. Contrast TDK on PV
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@Swamy39 : Swamy and Gandhis: Not always foes