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| The Telegraph closely followed Smriti Irani's controversial reign, coming up with catchy one-liners or names, which defined how she was perceived. |
In recent times, no newspaper has gone after an individual minister the way The Telegraph pursued former HRD Minister Smriti Irani.
In a good-riddance sort of good bye, the Kolkata daily again put her on page 1, calling her Spindrella, following her unexpected shift to Textiles from the critical HRD.
In a mocking reference to her new assignment, she was shown - though not in tatters - spinning a yarn.
The Telegraph closely followed Smriti Irani's controversial reign, coming up with catchy one-liners or names, which defined how she was perceived.
The most famous of it was calling her Aunty National following her fiery Bharat Mata Ki Jai Speech in Parliament in which, among other things, she offered to cut off her head and lay it at BSP boss Mayawati's feet.
Aunty National stuck like a glue and Smriti Irani was to refer to it on many occasions to point at how media had been biased against her.
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| The Telegraph closely followed Smriti Irani's controversial reign, coming up with catchy one-liners or names, which defined how she was perceived. |
Without naming the The Telegraph, she had told The Economic times: "It made for a fun headline for some editor who possibly thought that it's a great headline."
The day the police entered the JNU campus to pick up president Kanhaiya Kumar, The Telegraph made a frontal attack on Union HRD minister Smriti Irani.
It showed her in a khaki uniform and headlined the story Kyunki mantriji kabhi student nahi thi – a dig at her lack of academic credentials.
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| The Telegraph closely followed Smriti Irani's controversial reign, coming up with catchy one-liners or names, which defined how she was perceived. |