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| Smriti Iranisays her famous Lok Sabha speech was not planned, but came out forcefully after she saw Rahul Gandhi 'smirk' thinking that she had been cornered. |
May 25, 2016, NewsCrunch
For the first time, Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani has spoken about the Page 1 story of The Telegraph in which she was called an Aunty National.
In an interview with The Economic Times she says she was made fun of for saying Bharat mata ki jai.
Without naming the The Telegraph, she says, "It made for a fun headline for some editor who possibly thought that it's a great headline."
The Telegraph was responding to a dramatic speech made by Smriti Irani in Rajya Sabha on February 25.
On that day, Mayawati had demanded inclusion of a dalit member in the committee, which was probing Rohit Vemula's death.
Smriti Irani had responded dramatically saying she would cut off her head and leave it at Mayawat's feet if the BSP boss was not satisfied with her reply
The Telagraph's headline came with a tag line - Mother India, at your service and ready for the supreme sacrifice, here comes AUNTY NATIONAL
Smriti Irani told The Economic Times the Lok Sabha speech was not planned, but came out forcefully after she saw Rahul Gandhi 'smirk' thinking that she had been cornered.
She says she saw Mr Gandhi smirk, with a "gotcha kind of a look on his face." And something in her snapped.
She felt that a boy had died and here was a man who was thinking that he had got 'one up on Smriti Irani'.
"I expect more of my colleagues in Parliament, irrespective of their political background,"adds Smriti Irani.