Union Minister Smriti Irani said her party will also win Rae Bareli’s seat in the upcoming elections. (Archive)
Amethi:
Union Minister Smriti Irani accused former Amethi MP and Congress President Rahul Gandhi of using foul language against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and of resorting to lies to sow confusion in the country.
At this rate, Congress will also end up losing the seat of Rae Bareli in Lok Sabha in Uttar Pradesh, represented by President of Congress Sonia Gandhi, in the 2024 elections, said Ms Irani, who won the seat of Amethi Lok Sabha in Uttar Pradesh by Rahul Gandhi at the 2019 General Election.
“Rahul Gandhi uses foul language against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and indulges in lies to create confusion in the country,” he said on the second day of his visit to his parliamentary constituency.
Ms. Irani, who arrived in Amethi on Friday for a three-day visit, made the comment while addressing people after laying the foundations for various development projects and inaugurating different wellness plans in her constituency.
The Union Minister alleged that the Gandhi family and Rahul Gandhi have knowingly thrown farmers and the poor into poverty to carry out their policy without any hindrance.
Amethi has already said goodbye to Rahul Gandhi and Rae Bareli would also do the same with the Gandhi family in 2024, he said, stating that his party will also win Rae Bareli’s seat in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Ms. Irani said that it was not easy for a woman from an ordinary family to fight the Gandhi family. “I have faced many humiliations, but it is the love of the people here that I am here as their MP,” he said.
“How can someone who has never seen poverty know the pain of the poor?” he asked, claiming that Rahul Gandhi seized the farmers’ lands and took away their rights.
“How can those who live in golden palaces know the plight of the farmers?” she asked.
Uttar Pradesh Senior Deputy Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, who was present at the event, also accused Congress of neglecting the development of Amethi. He also accused the West Bengal government of depriving farmers of the benefits of the central scheme in the state.
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