Smriti Irani makes blazing attack on Rahul Gandhi over Varanasi remark ahead of LS Polls 2024
Smriti Irani makes blazing attack on Rahul Gandhi over Varanasi remark ahead of LS Polls 2024
Smriti Irani, Union Minister and BJP MP from Amethi, made a blazing attack on the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his not-so-veiled jibe at PM Modi’s Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency.
While speaking at a rally in his former constituency Amethi amidst the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, the Gandhi scion claimed he “saw people lying on the road under the influence of “alcohol” in Varanasi.
The Congress Leader quoted that he visited Varanasi and saw that instruments were being played at night. Adding that he also spotted people lying on the road under the influence of alcohol and that the future of Uttar Pradesh is grooving after alcohol consumption.
He also went on a tirade against the Ram Mandir pran pratishtha ceremony held in Ayodhya. He made an open assault on business tycoons Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani, while adding not a single Dalit person or anyone belonging to the backward castes was present.
“On the other side, there is the Ram Temple in which PM Modi will be seen and Ambani and Adani will be seen. You will see all the billionaires of India but not a single backward or Dalit person will be seen,” he further added.
This remark by Rahul Gandhi didn’t go well with the Union Minister Smriti Irani.
Terming Rahul Gandhi’s remarks “objectionable”, the Union Minister said these “remarks show how much venom he has in his mind for Uttar Pradesh”, adding that Gandhi made hurtful comments against the voters of Uttar Pradesh in his current constituency Wayanad.
Irani also targeted Sonia Gandhi and questioned Rahul Gandhi’s upbringing. She further said that the grand old’s party future seems uncertain while Uttar Pradesh is headed towards development.
She added that “Congress’ future is in darkness, but Uttar Pradesh’s future is moving towards development. It is her advice to Sonia Gandhi that if she cannot give a good upbringing to her son, then at least ask him not to comment.
This, however, is not the only blazing attack that Smriti Irani launched on Rahul Gandhi. Earlier Smriti Irani had thrown an open challenge to Rahul Gandhi to contest from Amethi, his former constituency, without shifting to Wayanad, his current constituency.
Further adding that in 2019, he left Amethi, and as of today Amethi has abandoned him. If he is confident, then without going to Wayanad, let him fight from Amethi. In the 2019 elections, Rahul Gandhi lost to Smriti Irani by approximately 55,000 votes.
Meanwhile, black flags were reportedly seen at the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh.
News Edit K.V.Raman
