Smriti Irani

Congress MP Apologises To President Murmu For ‘Rashtrapatni’ Remark

NEW DELHI: Amid the furore over his Rashtrapatni remarks, Congress Lok Sabha MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Friday tendered an apology to President Draupadi Murmu saying it was a “slip of the tongue”. In a letter addressed to the President, he wrote: “I am writing to express my regret for having mistakenly used an incorrect […]

BJP Trains Guns On Congress Over MP’s ‘Rashtrapatni’ Remark

NEW DELHI: Union Minister Smriti Irani, in the presence of Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, said in the Lok Sabha that Congress not only insulted President Draupadi Murmu but also the great tribal legacy of this country and this insult was sanctioned by Sonia Gandhi. “Congress party is not able to digest that a poor […]

Irani To Flag Off BJP’s Bike Rally From Srinagar

SRINAGAR: Union minister Smriti Irani will flag off a Tiranga rally of at least 300 bikers from the famous clock tower in Srinagar on Monday. The bike rally will culminate at Kargil War Memorial on July 26, marking the Vijay Diwas. Besides BJP national general secretary Tarun Chug, BJP Yuva Morcha president Tejasvi Surya and […]

Irani To Sue Congress For Alleging That Daughter Runs Illegal Bar

NEW DELHI: Union minister Smriti Irani on Saturday called Congress’ allegation that her daughter runs an “illegal bar” as “attempts of character assassination”, saying that she is being targeted by the Gandhi family for defeating Rahul Gandhi in Amethi. “The character assassination of my daughter is being done on the instructions of Sonia and Rahul Gandhi […]

Invoking Past, Irani Blows The Poll Bugle In HP

  CHAMBI (HIMACHAL PRADESH): “Speak loudly, ‘Jai Shri Ram’. Your voice should reach Amethi to the ears of that ‘Yuvraj’ whose mother during the Congress regime had dictated the lawyers to tell the court that Ram doesn’t exist”. Union minister of women and child development Smriti Irani minced no words as she blew the poll […]

JJ Act Amendment will have devastating impact on children: Priyanka Chaturvedi

MUMBAI: Shiv Sena Member of Parliament Priyanka Chaturvedi has written to Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani to express dissatisfaction over the recent amendment to Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2021. The Act classifies serious offences against children as non-cognisable. According to Chaturvedi, the changes in the law will […]

WOMEN @21: Critical Game Changer For Young Girls’ Empowerment

On 17 Dec, 2021, Union Cabinet Minister for Women & Child Development, Smriti Irani introduced the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2021 in Lok Sabha. Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2021 seeks to increase the legal minimum age for women to marry to 21 years, bringing it at par with that of men. […]