Irani was referring to Rahul’s comments at an election rally in Assam. He also claimed that Congress’s “hatred and prejudice” towards Gujarat and its people was not new in reference to Rahul’s comments on the Statue of Unity.
VansdaUnion Minister and BJP MP Smriti Irani challenged Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday to “get money” out of the pockets of Gujarat’s small tea traders and contest state elections if he has “guts. “.
He also alleged that Congress’s “hatred and prejudice” towards Gujarat and its people was not new, “as Rahul Gandhi and his party had opposed the proposal to build the Statue of Unity in memory of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in Gujarat.” .
Irani was referring to comments made by the former head of Congress at an election rally in Assam in which he spoke about increasing the daily wage of tea workers by making the owners of Gujarat’s tea gardens pay, if his party wins. power in that state.
“Rahul Gandhi recently said at a rally in Assam that he will take money out of the pockets of the small Gujarat tea merchants. Previously, they (Congress) had problems with the tea vendor (Prime Minister Narendra Modi), and now they have problems with those who drink tea, “Irani told a public rally for the upcoming elections to local bodies held in the town of Vansda in the Navsari district.
“I want to challenge Rahul Gandhi to try his luck in Gujarat if he has the guts. I also challenge him to contest the Gujarat polls. That will clear up all his misconceptions,” said the Minister of Textiles and Women’s and Children’s Development.
Rahul Gandhi had said that Congress will increase the daily wages of tea garden workers if they vote for power in Assam. “Assam tea garden workers get 167 rupees a day, while Gujarat merchants get the tea gardens. Congress will put 365 rupees as a daily wage in the pockets of the tea garden workers. Now they will ask me. Where will the money come from? It will come from Gujarat merchants, “he had said.
Irani said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the people of Gujarat had come up with the idea to build a large monument dedicated to Sardar Patel.
“However, Rahul Gandhi and his family opposed this proposal as their entire policy has always been to erase Sardar Patel’s name from the pages of history,” Irani said. She claimed that when people are donating iron items to build the Patel statue, “I thought the leaders of Congress would avoid that prejudice and join this movement.”
“But they could not remove from their minds that hatred and prejudice towards Gujarat and Gujaratis. According to the instructions of Rahul and his mother (Sonia Gandhi), the opposition party disrespected the Statue of Unity”, alleged the deputy of the BJP.
Elections to six municipal corporations in Gujarat will be held on February 21. Elections for 81 municipalities, 31 district panchayats and 231 taluka panchayats are scheduled for February 28.
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