Union Minister Smriti Irani accused the Congress of running a “malicious campaign” and “character assassination” after the principal Opposition party on Saturday alleged that her daughter was running an “illegal” bar-cum-restaurant in Goa and demanded the Union Minister’s resignation.
Ms. Irani said her daughter was being targeted “because of her mother’s vocal stand on Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi’s ₹5,000-crore loot in the National Herald case”.
“My daughter’s fault is that her mother holds a press conference on the loot of ₹5,000 crore by Sonia and Rahul Gandhi. Her fault is that her mother fought against Rahul Gandhi in 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha polls,” Ms. Irani said, asserting that her “18-year-old daughter is a first-year college student and does not run any bar”.
