Vikrant Shekhawat : Feb 12, 2021, 07:23 PM
New Delhi: Union Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday launched a scathing attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi saying that he's unaware of the ground reality and alleged that his family trust took farmers' land under false pretence in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi."When he was Amethi MP, a trust of his family took farmers' land on the pretext of opening a medical college. But they built a guest house for themselves there. Being Amethi MP, I'd like to say that if someone made provision for medical college here, it was Narendra Modi," the BJP leader said while speaking in the Lok Sabha.Attacking the former Congress president for speaking on the farmers' issue, Irani said she was surprised that Rahul Gandhi spoke on farmers and levelled allegations against the Central government. "I was surprised because he never gets involved in a discussion of the system in the region from where he was an MP even though he expresses concerns about the mandi system in that region," she added.Irani also hit out at Gandhi over his criticism of the Union Budget 2021 saying that he's not concerned about it even when there wasn't even CT scan facility at hospitals of his constituency when he was Amethi MP. "This person had said that he's not concerned about Budget. I'm not surprised because Budget mentions about Aatmanirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana. He's not concerned even when there wasn't even CT scan facility at hospitals of his constituency when he was an MP there," the Union Minister of Textiles and Women and Child Development said."It is not acceptable for this gentleman (Rahul Gandhi) to discuss Budget in this House. Budget is to make India self-reliant, to connect India. Those who supported slogans calling for fragmentation of India can never support Budget dedicated to India," she added. The remarks came after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took a jibe at Centre in Lok Sabha over farm laws saying that "only four people running this country - 'Hum do, Hamare do'.