New Delhi, Jan. 19 -- Union Minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani has joined issue with senior Congress leader P Chidambaram for his remarks that the government was trying to silence the voice of dissent by filing 'false cases and denying bail' against those opposing the Narendra Modi-led dispensation.

"The point I was trying to make at the press conference has been proved by Mr Chidambaram's tweets. I had said will Congress have the audacity to proclaim in the street that 'Bharat Tede Tukde Honge'. By his tweets, Mr Chidambaram has proved to the proved to the country that yes, Congress will stand by the Tukde Tukde gang," Ms Irani said. Maintaining that while Mr Chidambaram has suggested that these would be opposition voices, she further...