Union minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday hit out on the Congress management over the alleged remarks by the social gathering’s youth wing president Srinivas BV towards her, saying the phrases he used had been of Rahul Gandhi and the ‘sanskar’ of Sonia Gandhi.
The BJP chief additionally alleged that Congress members who need “promotion” will proceed to make “such kind of comments” towards her as long as Sonia and Rahul Gandhi are there within the social gathering.
Srinivas had allegedly made sure remarks towards Irani on the Sankalp Satyagrah organised by the Congress on the Rajghat to protest towards the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi as Lok Sabha member.
Reacting to his remarks, Irani stated Srinivas will not be the primary Youth Congress president who has made “indecent comments” towards her.
“I know what he said. The words that he used are of Rahul Gandhi, sanskar (teachings) of Sonia Gandhi. Only the voice is of the Youth Congress,” Irani charged.
“And so long as these two (Gandhis) are there, the Congress leaders who want promotion will continue to make such comments against me,” she added.
The BJP on Monday had slammed Srinivas over his alleged disparaging remarks, saying the Congress has turn into a “cesspool of misogyny”.
The BJP used a video clip to focus on the Congress and Srinivas on the problem, whereas additionally recalling comparable situations the place the grand-old social gathering chief made alleged “sexist” remarks.
“The Congress has become a cesspool of misogyny, hatred for women especially if she comes from a humble background & defeats an entitled dynast,” BJP Spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla tweeted.
In the clip of his speech delivered in Hindi, Srinivas could be heard saying, “The BJP means inflation. These same people in 2014 used to say that there is inflation witch which has been made to sit… Smriti Irani has become a little mute and deaf. That witch (Daayan)… Inflation witch (Mehengaai Daayan) has been made a darling and made to sit in the bedroom.”
Reacting to the cost, the Youth Congress on Monday alleged that the BJP leaders had been sharing a doctored video of Srinivas’s speech to tarnish his and the social gathering’s picture.
“It is nothing but a disinformation and fake news campaign initiated by BJP supporters and office bearers,” the Congress’s youth wing stated in an announcement.
“… The said speech by the IYC President was made in context to the various statements made by the BJP leaders in regard to the Inflation and price rise when the UPA was in power, ‘Mehangai’ was then often quoted as ‘Dayan’ by opposition leaders of BJP,” it stated.
