'What about Amethi?': Smriti Irani slams Congress as Rahul Gandhi dubs people of Wayanad his family
filing his nomination from Wayanad, Gandhi had said, "I don't treat you and think of you like an electorate. I treat you and think of you the same way I think of my little sister Priyanka.
So in the houses of Wayanad, I have sisters, mothers, fathers and brothers. And I thank you from the bottom of my heart for that." Taking potshots at Gandhi, Irani said, "We heard that people change colours but this is the first time that I am seeing someone changing his family".
"I went to Wayanad a few days ago and got the information that Rahul Gandhi has declared Wayanad as his family...Yesterday a Congress leader said that Rahul Gandhi chose Wayanad because Rahul Gandhi says that the people of Wayanad are more loyal. So, what about the loyalty of Amethi?...," Irani said.
She said Amethi had an MP who did nothing for the constituency. "We all know that Sonia Gandhi led the government at the Centre for 10 years and Samajwadi Party (SP) was ruling the state [Uttar Pradesh], but Rahul Gandhi did nothing for Amethi...," she said.
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