"GN Azad Became Free Now, But Amethi Liberated Long Back": Smriti Irani
NDTV
Congress's own leadership is commenting especially on the Gandhi family, so we do not need to add anything to it, said Smriti Irani.
Taking a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Union minister Smriti Irani has said that Ghulam Nabi Azad has become "azad" (free) now but Amethi has been "liberated" long ago.
Veteran Congress leader Azad, who ended his five-decade association with the grand old party on Friday, accused Rahul Gandhi of demolishing the entire consultative mechanism and also pinned the blame on him for the 2014 electoral debacle.
To a question on Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra and Mr Azad leaving the Congress, Ms Irani told reporters in Amethi on Saturday evening, "Congress's own leadership is commenting especially on the Gandhi family, so we do not need to add anything to it. Ghulam Nabi Azad sahib became 'azad' (free) now but Amethi has been liberated long back."
In 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP leader Ms Irani defeated Rahul Gandhi in the Amethi parliamentary seat. Amethi was the traditional seat of the Gandhi family and had been represented by Sanjay Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the past.
