Allegations that union minister Smriti Irani’s daughter was illegally operating the Silly Souls Cafe and Bar in Goa’s Assagao have stirred up a political slugfest – with the BJP and the Congress trading potshots – and several questions. Is Zoish Irani a tenant of the property that houses the restaurant bar or is she a proprietor? Did she lease it? We don’t know yet.
What we do know now, according to government records and submissions made to Maharashtra’s registrar of companies, is that at least two directors of the restaurant’s alleged parent company, Eightall Food and Beverages, are also directors of two firms linked to Irani’s husband and son. Eightall operates from the same address as the restaurant, and one of its directors used to run another Silly Souls Café – which has now been shut – in Delhi's Chhattarpur.
