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How Sushma Swaraj Won The Internet With Her Hilarious Tweet To The Owner Of A Faulty Fridge

How Sushma Swaraj Won The Internet With Her Hilarious Tweet To The Owner Of A Faulty Fridge
India's Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj smiles while addressing the India Africa business forum in New Delhi, India, October 28, 2015. India hosts its biggest-ever Africa summit this week as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks to challenge China's dominance on a continent that is blessed with vast natural resources and has the world's fastest-growing population. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee
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India's Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj smiles while addressing the India Africa business forum in New Delhi, India, October 28, 2015. India hosts its biggest-ever Africa summit this week as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks to challenge China's dominance on a continent that is blessed with vast natural resources and has the world's fastest-growing population. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee

Everyone who's had a broken refrigerator in the Indian summers, will understand the desperation. One such owner of a malfunctioning new fridge put out a distressed appeal on Twitter yesterday for help. Nothing wrong with that, except that he tagged Union Ministers Sushma Swaraj and Ram Vilas Paswan in his tweet. Swaraj's response had Twitter in splits.

The user who uses just one name on Twitter -- Venkat -- and tweets from the handle @M_VenkatM, tagged Paswan and Swaraj in his tweet to complain about his faulty Samsung refrigerator.

@irvpaswan@SushmaSwaraj Samsung REFRIGERATOR (RT28K3922RZ/HL), bearing serial # (03E04PAH201870M). @Samsung_IN is forcing me go for repair.

β€” Venkat (@M_VenkatM) June 13, 2016

"Dear Ministers, @Samsung_IN sold me a defective refrigerator, they r not ready to replace," he wrote with a screenshot of the company's response attached. Swaraj, who, in her career as Union External Affairs Minister, must have encountered many strange complaints, knew exactly how to handle this unique situation.

Brother I cannot help you in matters of a Refrigerator. I am very busy with human beings in distress. https://t.co/cpC5cWBPcz

β€” Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) June 13, 2016

And of course Twitter lost its s**t completely.

@SushmaSwaraj@ModipalliVenkat@irvpaswan@Samsung_IN that's the coolest reply : awesome

β€” pallavi ghosh (@_pallavighosh) June 13, 2016

@SushmaSwaraj hahaha mam very funny this is.Actually ppl r so impressed wid u that they feel u can solve any of their problems

β€” varun mehra (@varunmehra) June 13, 2016

@SushmaSwaraj@ModipalliVenkat@irvpaswan Hahaha! This will make newspaper headlines tomorrow @Samsung_IN will send a new refrigerator now

β€” See Ma (@iGeekyChic) June 13, 2016

@vicramb I need to get my Kindle replaced.. wonder if she can help :)

β€” Atul (@atulmathew) June 13, 2016

@SushmaSwaraj Sushma ji: Next, you will be called to help out fights between husband and wife. πŸ˜ƒ

β€” Suresh Kochattil (@kochattil) June 13, 2016

@SushmaSwaraj

We can understand what all you have to address...

Men, Refrigerators and some times Men in the Refrigerators. :)

β€” Blue Marble (@zindaplanet) June 13, 2016

@SushmaSwaraj Sushmaji's response is cool, refrigerator or not.

β€” Neel Rao (@neelrao) June 13, 2016

Hope your refrigerator problem is solved now, Venkat.

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