It is not expected of ministers to debate publicly against government policies because such practices violate the collective responsibility for decisions taken by the government. Shashi Tharoor does this off and on and has now justified this sinister habit saying "Everybody else is doing it. Even the prime minister of Australia tweets. Foreign Secretary of Britain David Miliband tweets and U S Secretary of State tweets."
It is no one's argument that a minister should not tweet. All that is said is that no minister has a right to tweet or argue against the government policies. One wonders what the articulate minister aims to achieve by causing such time and attention consuming controversies in quick succession. Is there some pathological problem behind this attention-seeking behaviour ?
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