NEW DELHI: Taking a swipe on the Congress over the delay in naming its candidate from Amethi, its former stronghold in Uttar Pradesh, Union Minister Smriti Irani mentioned the one purpose why there was a lot ‘chintan’ (deliberations) across the topic within the rival camp was as a result of there’s ‘chinta’ (fear). Speaking on the Times Now Summit on Wednesday, the Union Minister mentioned, “The Congress lost Amethi for the first time in its history in 2019. Rahul (the Congress’s pick from Amethi in 2019) and Priyanka campaigned extensively in the constituency in the hope of keeping its winning streak going. They set out hoping to trounce the BJP but the opposite happened. Recently, the Congress’s yatra (Rahul’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra) had a brief stopover in Amethi but the event failed to draw any attention from the public.”
In a dig on the grand outdated social gathering for placing Rahul on the ticket from Wayanad once more in Kerala whereas retaining the suspense round its choose from Amethi, the Union Minister mentioned it reveals how the previous stronghold not options within the social gathering’s pecking order. “Can the Congress find anyone to fight Amethi on its symbol? This is, perhaps, the first time that the Congress is scared to declare their candidate from Amethi,” Irani mentioned.
Claiming that the BJP, alone, will coast to victories in 399 seats and file its four-hundredth win in Amethi, the Union Minister added, “This statement shouldn’t be mistaken for arrogance. We have built (concrete) houses for people, 4 lakh families have been provided with toilets and 12 lakh people were provided with tap water connections. We set up new medical colleges and equipped old ones with new-age medical equipment. There are 13,000 Lakhpati Didis in Amethi alone,” Irani added.
Under the ‘Lakhpati Didi’ scheme, a flagship central initiative, enterprising rural ladies are imparted coaching to fly drones in a bid to render help in farming. Also jabbing the Congress over the opening of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya and the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, which assured particular privileges to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Minister mentioned, “The Ram Mandir would never have been a reality had the Gandhis or the Congress still been in power at the Centre. They denied the existence of Lord Ram when in power. They could not even roll back the special constitutional privileges under Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir.”
On the mega political showdown over a distasteful social media publish on the BJP’s Mandi candidate, Kangana Ranaut, allegedly by Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate, Irani mentioned, “They want power, not accountability.” While Shrinate denied making the publish, claiming that somebody with entry to her social media account could have completed it, the Congress, too, distanced from the assertion. Irani mentioned the indecorous social media publish was a part of the Congress’s technique to vilify a lady they cannot struggle politically.
