Smriti Irani sends notice to Congress leaders over bar row, demands unconditional apology
In a hard-hitting press conference, Irani said the Congress "assassinated" and "publicly mutilated" her daughter Zoish"s character, and dared the Opposition party to show proof of any wrongdoing on part of the 18-year-old.
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New Delhi, July 25: Union Minister Smriti Irani has sent a legal notice to Congress leaders Pawan Khera, Jairam Ramesh, Netta D' Souza and the party over remarks on her 18-year-old daughter, asking them to tender a written unconditional apology and withdraw the allegations with immediate effect.
On Saturday, Smriti Irani rejected as "malicious" the Congress' allegation that her daughter ran an illegal bar in Goa, and said the college student was targeted because of her mother's vocal stand on Sonia and Rahul Gandhi's "Rs 5,000-crore loot" in the National Herald case.
In a hard-hitting press conference, Irani said the Congress "assassinated" and "publicly mutilated" her daughter Zoish's character, and dared the Opposition party to show proof of any wrongdoing on part of the 18-year-old.
The ministry for women and child development asked if the purported notices shown by Congress leaders Jairam Ramesh and Pawan Khera at a press conference bear her daughter's name.
Irani said her daughter is a first-year college student and does not run any bar. She alleged that the Congress held the press conference to target her daughter at the behest of the Gandhi family.
"My daughter's fault is that her mother holds a press conference on the loot of Rs 5,000 cr by Sonia and Rahul Gandhi. Her fault is that her mother fought against Rahul Gandhi in 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha polls," the MP said.
She dared Rahul Gandhi to fight from Amethi Lok Sabha seat again in 2024, and vowed she will make him bite the dust again. This is her promise as a BJP worker and the mother an an 18-year-old, she said.
Irani had defeated the former Congress president in Amethi in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. "I will seek answers in the court of law and the court of people," she said over the allegations.
The Congress on Saturday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi sack Irani from the Union Cabinet, alleging that an "illegal bar" was being run in Goa by her daughter.