Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani on Sunday hit out at former Congress president Rahul Gandhi over his current remarks within the UK, saying he apprehends defeat within the 2024 normal elections.
Irani was talking to reporters after inaugurating a pontoon bridge in Amethi’s Jagdishpur. She additionally stated the Gandhi household reached the top of energy on the shoulders of the individuals of this Lok Sabha constituency after which forgot about them.
Responding to a query of Gandhi’s current assertion of democracy being below assault in India, the Union minister stated, “It is natural for him to shed tears due to his defeat in Amethi. Today, the country has become the world’s fifth economic power. But instead of respecting it, Gandhi’s unrestrained statement shows he has an apprehension that he will be defeated again in 2024.”
Irani defeated Gandhi within the Amethi parliamentary constituency within the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
“The Gandhi family never understood the pain and suffering of the people here (Amethi) and did not think about the development of the area,” she added.
“I have been in Amethi for the last eight years… Everyone in Amethi respects everyone. This is why I am proud that I have been honoured as ‘Didi’ (elder sister) in Amethi,” the minister stated.
Gandhi had on March 6 instructed British parliamentarians in London that functioning microphones within the Lok Sabha are sometimes silenced in opposition to the Opposition. He made the remark throughout an occasion organised by veteran Indian-origin Opposition Labour Party MP Virendra Sharma within the Grand Committee Room throughout the House of Commons advanced.
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