Media, please avoid the headline 'Sushma skips Oath Ceremony': Sushma Swaraj on Twitter

 External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj could not attend today's swearing-in ceremony of 19 ministers due to a diplomatic engagement and, anticipating a negative headline in the media, she explained the reason for her absence well ahead of the event.  

"Media - Pl avoid the headline: 'Sushma skips Oath Ceremony'," Swaraj tweeted two hours before the oath ceremony. In another tweet, she said she had a meeting with her Hungarian counterpart ."I am unable to attend the swearing in ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhawan since I have a meeting with Foreign Minister of Hungary. "I congratulate and welcome all my colleagues joining the Council of Ministers," Swaraj said.  Hungary's Minister of Foreign Affairs Peter Szijjarto is on a three-day visit here and he and Swaraj held extensive talks on a range of bilateral and multilateral issues today.

Media - Pl avoid the headline : 'Sushma skips Oath Ceremony'.

— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) July 5, 2016

:-) @SushmaSwaraj Tweets are rather killer! https://t.co/olTtS3j6GA

— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) July 5, 2016

@BDUTT .....and so are the headlines.

— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) July 5, 2016