

A record setting 5100 admissions recommended by #SmritiIrani in Kendriya Vidyalayas this year.last known high-1200 https://t.co/XiLmJspLez

— Anubhuti Vishnoi (@anubhutivishnoi) November 23, 2015



HRD minister can usually recommend 1200 admissions to KVs under minister quota. #smritiirani did 5100. I report https://t.co/XiLmJspLez

— Anubhuti Vishnoi (@anubhutivishnoi) November 23, 2015



@anubhutivishn All admissions r recorded as per requests frm MPs across parties+Bpl families. Ur source based lie as usual ignores facts.

— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) November 23, 2015



@anubhutivishnoi I recognise ur source based agenda n have made public my contempt for it.

— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) November 23, 2015



@smritiirani utmost respect as minister for you ma'am.Have been requesting your ministry's view & version since Friday but none came.

— Anubhuti Vishnoi (@anubhutivishnoi) November 23, 2015



For the record the HRD ministry's view and version was repeatedly sought and not given on the KV story.

—Anubhuti Vishnoi (@anubhutivishnoi) November 23, 2015



@anubhutivishnoi it is bcoz of journalists like u dat a reader like me has stopped subscribing to ET.

— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) November 23, 2015



@anubhutivishnoi 2 line humari aur baaki ka version aapka. N by d way respect aap na bhi kare to koi farak nai padta.

— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) November 23, 2015



@smritiirani Ma'am we would publish all that the ministry would say regardless of no of lines. We didn't get anything after several requests

— Anubhuti Vishnoi (@anubhutivishnoi) November 23, 2015



@samirkumar_ her agenda is to do a source based headline n then put in 2 lines depicting dat she carried our version.

— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) November 23, 2015



@sundarbandar not in a spot Sir. As Chairperson of the board I followed procedure. This is not d 1st time Ms Vishnoi has followed an agenda

— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) November 23, 2015



@smritiirani Ma'am not everyone has an agenda. I never received a response for my swacch vidyalaya story. You never respond

— devanik saha (@devanikindia) November 23, 2015



@ruhitewari criticise all u want, don't lie

— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) November 23, 2015



@smritiirani sure. But that the reporter is lying each time they criticise is an unfair allegation @anubhutivishnoi

— Ruhi Tewari (@ruhitewari) November 23, 2015



@Joydas Sir since u want disclosure even Hon MPs like Jyotiraditya Scindiaji requested for 27 poor children to be admitted n v helped.

— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) November 23, 2015



A real reader would have gone with 'that' #justsayin' https://t.co/ezscEpufTP

— Veena Venugopal (@veenavenugopal) November 23, 2015



Because, not 'bcoz', and that, not 'dat'. Please do read more. Reading really helps. https://t.co/FcmwNztmh4

— Karuna John (@karunajohn) November 23, 2015



Waiting for the day when a PM/HRD min will abolish all discretionary admission quotas with MPs rather than carry on an Arjun Singh tradition

— Shekhar Gupta (@ShekharGupta) November 23, 2015



Have to say, @anubhutivishnoi article on KV admissions seems to have stung @smritiirani . Such polite response.

— Manu Pubby (@manupubby_ET) November 23, 2015



And because of ministers like you many school kids don't want to study beyond 12th. pic.twitter.com/HVAaU90QzG

— BB (@brownbrumby) November 23, 2015



Seems there has been some Vikas after all, the Vikas of arrogance. "Koi Fark Nahi Padta" is the narrative, it seems https://t.co/peVpLbtIWr

— thakursahab (@65thakursahab) November 23, 2015



When you ask @smritiirani about transparency & accountability, such brazen reply you get. Education is important. pic.twitter.com/v0GrpX0gLO

— Altruism (@Altruism___) November 23, 201



talk about bad faith. pic.twitter.com/c5ZtLSuRuX

— Rosie Roti (@supriyan) November 23, 2015



The response 1 can get from an HRD minister who disagrees with a story.Not counter w/ facts but contempt&arrogance. pic.twitter.com/gVcHCatBg5

— Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) November 23, 2015



When the minister in charge starts trolling you, you know you have done a good story. https://t.co/u4JesDw39B

— Divya Rajagopal (@rdivia) November 23, 2015



Aap respect na bhi karen to koi faraq nahi padta. No less than a union minister saying so.

— Aman Sharma (@AmanKayamHai) November 23, 2015

Too often, reporters complain about their stories not getting the notice they deserve or for being ignored by the powers that be. It’s a completely different ballgame, however, when the minister in-charge of the department one writes about, ends up responding to you directly on social media and not only rubbishes the story but also trolls you as being "agenda driven".This is what transpired on Twitter on Monday morning when Anubhuti Vishnoi, an Economic Times journalist, tweeted her story about the Minister of Human Resource Development Smriti Irani proposed close to 5,100 admissions to Kendriya Vidyalayas in the current academic year. The number stands in contrast to her predecessor’s tally which was less than 25% of the current number.The minister responded soon thereafter.The article said that as per an official who attended the meeting, the Kendriya Vidyalaya administration was looking into why only 3,000 of the 5,000-odd admissions recommended by the minister materialised.The paper editorialised that the minister's recommendation bonanza were undermining the prime minister's "promise of striking at the roots of corruption" in an "ET View" titled Expel Ad Hocism From Schools , and that her action only served to promote a culture of patronage."Irani could well argue that she was trying to ensure more children from disadvantaged backgrounds find a place in the Kendriya Vidyalayas," the newspaper said. "But for that she should set up a system that will enable the most disadvantaged the same opportunity as their more affluent counterparts. Without a proper system, all we have is ad hocism, something India can do less of, not more."The reporter pointed out that the ministry's response was solicited but not given.But the minister chose to get more and more personal."Two lines of ours and the rest of the version would be yours," the minister responded, insinuating that it did not matter what the ministry said as the reporting would in any case be biased. And that it didn't matter even if the reporter did not show any respect.But the reporter remained respectful and spelt it out once again that simply no response had been forthcoming, and that in case the ministry had answered her queries, regardless of length, it would have been published.When others also questioned her about the ministry not responding, Irani merely repeated that the reporting would in any case have been biased.Irani claimed that all the records of admissions were on file.As the minister accused the journalist, others too stepped in to point out that Irani and her ministry did not respond to questions,In her defence Irani said that among those recommended by her were also students who came in with the references of Congress leaders.While many supported Irani, here's a selection of responses joining issue with Irani's tweets: