'Mana Ki Teri Deed Ke Qaabil Nahi Hu': When Manmohan Singh Countered Opposition With Shayari

Manmohan Singh, who was keen on Urdu verses, had poetic banter with late Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushma Swaraj in the Lok Sabha. The speeches' videos are among the most viewed parliamentary debates on YouTube and social media.

During a full-blown fierce debate in the Lok Sabha in 2011, the then Leader of Opposition, Sushma Swaraj made bullets out of Varanasi-born poet Shahab Jafri's "sher" (verses) to fire at Manmohan Singh, whose government was seemingly beginning to be embroiled in corruption charges.

"Tu idhar udhar ki na baat kar, yet bata ki kafila kyun luta, humein rahjano se gila nahi, teri rahbari ka sawal hai," Sushma Swaraj fired a salvo at Manmohan Singh.