Person who was shown magic by people of Amethi taking jibes at PM Modi: Irani

Hitting back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Union minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday said the person who was shown magic by the people of Amethi was taking jibes at Prime Minister Narendra Modi as she accused the Gandhi family of failing to deliver on its developmental promises in the Lok Sabha constituencyIrani went with the term magic which was used by Gandhi in his remarks in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday to describe industrialist Gautam Adanis meteoric rise under the Bharatiya Janata Partys BJP ruleIn an attack on the Gandhi family without taking its name the minister alleged that in 1981 one foundation which is very famous in Amethi took control of 40 acres of land for a rent of Rs 623 on the promise of building a medical facility thereAlso read27yearold man held from Chembur for making threat call to Mumbai airportFor 30 years the poor people of Amethi were told that a medical college will be opened But on the land where they were talking about opening a medical college that family made a guesthouse for themselves she said intervening in the debate on the Motion of Thanks on the Presidents AddressIrani had defeated Gandhi from Amethi once a pocket borough of the Gandhis in the 2019 Lok Sabha pollsShe also claimed that one Nanhe Lal Mishra suffering from a serious disease was turned away by the hospital built on the land owned by the family as he had said he should be treated under Prime Minister Modis Ayushman Bharat schemeI wish Mishra could have told this to the House but his voice will not be heard here because he died These are the people who were attacking Narendra Modi taking jibes at him who allowed a gentleman to die They still hold 40 acres of land Irani said noting that it was Modi who gave a medical college to the people of AmethiCiting another instance she said the family invited people to open a factory which suddenly closed down and the land was taken over by the foundationFarmers went to court against the family and got an order from the court but it disregarded that and continues to occupy the land And they come to Parliament and talk about the poor Irani saidShe also alleged that the Gandhis ruined the Fursatganj airfield where they ran a familylinked academy and named two hostels after Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi VadraWhen they were on the board they handed over the handling of the academy to a foreign firm that has ruined that place and all that is included in a report the minister saidShe said the Fursatganj airport has now been included in the Centres UDAN scheme and a common person can take advantage of itRebutting the oppositions charges the minority affairs minister claimed that the Modi government has done a lot for the minorities and pointed to the new Haj policy under which the application forms have been made free She accused the Congress of duping the minorities over the yearsIrani also highlighted the development projects undertaken in Amethi since she won the parliamentary seat in Uttar Pradesh in 2019 and accused the Gandhi family of stunting the constituencys progress despite representing it in the Lok Sabha for more than five decadesTaking a swipe at Gandhi over the allegations levelled by the Congress leader against Modi she said the Hindi proverbs diya tale andhera chor ki dadhi mein tinka and ulta chor kotwal ko daate came to life before her in Parliament on TuesdayIrani also hailed the prime minister for his efforts to ensure that a tribal woman President Droupadi Murmu reaches the highest constitutional office in the countryThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever