The Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Smriti Irani, invited to the show Manorama News Conclave 2023 organised by the Malayalam Manorama group. Sorting out the query made whether she would compete against Mr Gandhi to remedy the loss of the seat in Kerala, Irani said: “Rahul Gandhi is the political master of the Congress party, and I am a political ‘karyakarta’ (worker) of the BJP. There is a huge political difference between being a political master and a worker.” (As quoted by PTI)
“I think it is that arrogance that has ensured that the Congress party, even in a Lok Sabha constituency called Amethi, in the past four-and-a-half years that I have been an MP from there, out of five assembly constituencies has lost the security deposit in four,” she added.
Praising PM Narendra Modi, Irani said “One was not enough, they needed multiple political forces to challenge this one political leader. If that does not give you an indication of the impending success electorally in 2024, what more would you ask for,” answering the query about returning of the BJP government for the third term.
Irani also sorted out queries made regarding the Women’s Reservation Bill and whether it was an election stunt. Irani said: “The Congress never had the intention of passing it,” she alleged.
(With inputs from PTI)
