The Union Minister took a jab at the establishment party for selecting Rahul to run from Wayanad in Kerala once more while maintaining uncertainty about its choice from Amethi. He claimed this demonstrated how the erstwhile bastion had fallen from the party’s hierarchy.
NEW DELHI: Union Minister Smriti Irani took a jab at the Congress for taking so long to name a candidate from Amethi, its former bastion in Uttar Pradesh, claiming that the only reason there was so much “chintan” (deliberations) surrounding the issue in the opposition camp was because there was “chinta” (worry). The Union Minister stated, “The Congress lost Amethi for the first time in its history in 2019.” during a speech at the Times Now Summit on Wednesday. Rahul, the Congress’s 2019 nominee from Amethi, and Priyanka actively campaigned in the district in an effort to continue the party’s winning pattern.
Instead of defeating the BJP as planned, they had the opposite outcome. Rahul’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, organized by the Congress, recently made a brief visit in Amethi, but the populace showed little interest in the occasion.”
The Union Minister took a jab at the establishment party for selecting Rahul to run from Wayanad in Kerala once more while maintaining uncertainty about its choice from Amethi. He claimed this demonstrated how the erstwhile bastion had fallen from the party’s hierarchy. Is there anyone the Congress can recruit to oppose Amethi’s symbol? Perhaps for the first time, the Congress is afraid to announce an Amethi candidate,” Irani remarked.
Declaring that the BJP will win 399 seats by itself and achieve its 400th victory in Amethi, the Union Minister went on, saying, “This statement shouldn’t be mistaken for arrogance.” We have constructed (concrete) housing for individuals, installed tap water connections for 12 lakh people, and given toilets for 4 lakh families. We established brand-new medical schools and outfitted existing ones with cutting-edge technology. In Amethi alone, there are 13,000 Lakhpati Didis, Irani continued.
As part of the flagship ‘Lakhpati Didi’ plan, a government initiative, ambitious rural women are trained to operate drones in an effort to help with farming. The Union Minister further poked fun at the Congress for the opening of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya and the repeal of Article 370 of the Constitution, which gave the former state of Jammu and Kashmir special rights. “The Ram Mandir would never have been a reality had the Gandhis or the Congress still been in power at the Center,” the Minister said. When they were in charge, they denied that Lord Ram existed. Even the unique constitutional rights granted to Jammu & Kashmir under Article 370 could not be taken away by them.”
Irani responded to the major political controversy around an offensive social media remark purportedly made by Congresswoman Supriya Shrinate against BJP candidate Kangana Ranaut, saying, “Theay want power, not accountability.” The Congress also distanced itself from Shrinate’s remark, even though she denied creating it and said that someone with access to her social media account could have done so. Irani claimed that the Congress was using the obscene social media post as part of a larger plan to demonize a lady they are unable to defeat politically.
