Smriti Irani visits Rahul Gandhi’s Wayanad constituency

I am not Rahul Gandhi, I don’t run from Amethi,” she said in response to a query on whether she would consider contesting elections from Wayanad if her party asks her to.

Wayanad:  Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Z Irani on Tuesday, May 3, visited Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s parliamentary constituency of Wayanad in Kerala and said that there was “much that has not been done” in the district and the local administration has assured her that it would be addressed. Irani, meeting reporters after a review meeting with the local administration, pointed out various shortcomings, like lack of water connections to around 1.35 lakh households, non-screening for health issues common among tribals, non-digitisation of their land records and ensuring skill development among the tribals, in the district which were brought to her attention.

She further said that ease of living of the tribals needs to be enhanced, infrastructure in the district needs to be strengthened and developed and services like health, education, nutrition and financial services, needs to be delivered to the people there, especially the poorest of the poor. “There is much that has not been done and I have been assured (by the district administration) that it will be done,” the Union Minister said while answering queries from reporters there.

While speaking to reporters, she also took a dig at Rahul Gandhi, saying, “I am not Rahul Gandhi, I don’t run from Amethi.” This was in response to a query on whether she would consider contesting elections from Wayanad if her party asks her to. She also said that she brings with her the compliments from Amethi to Wayanad.