Smriti Irani

In reaction to the Congress allegations, Irani said, "It is a self-goal by Congress.Rahul has himself committed MPLAD fraud in Amethi.".

In reaction to the Congress allegations, Irani said, "It is a self-goal by Congress.Rahul has himself committed MPLAD fraud in Amethi.".

In reaction to the Congress allegations, Irani said, "It is a self-goal by Congress.Rahul has himself committed MPLAD fraud in Amethi.".

The Congress on Thursday accused union minister Smriti Irani of "fraud and bungling" in MPLADs funds in Gujarat while citing a CAG report and demanded her immediate sacking from the Modi government and lodging of a case against her. Congress claimed CAG has said that she has made payment of Rs 5.93 crore from MPLAD funds without tender.

Union minister Smriti Irani had levelled similar allegations against the Congress leaders on Wednesday citing media reports following which the opposition party had termed the charges "baseless" and an attempt to divert attention from "rampant joblessness" and "agrarian crisis"

Citing a media report, Union minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani said at a press conference that Robert Vadra is "merely a mask" in the controversial land deals and his brother-in-law Rahul Gandhi is the "real face".

While end credits with actors’ name used to be there in the TV shows of the ’90s, there are several theories as to why the practice was discontinued – from lack of time in the era of daily soaps to stopping actors from becoming bigger than their characters.

The BJP on Monday latched on to Rahul Gandhi's reference to "Masood Azhar ji" to throw "Rahul loves terrorists" barb at the Congress chief, as the opposition party hit back accusing its rival of deliberately twisting his comments made with sarcasm. Gandhi noted it was Azhar who was responsible for the killing of 40 CRPF soldiers in the Pulwama attack.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and accused him of "lying" again over the rifle factory in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh. The Congress president said that he had laid the foundation of the ordnance factory of Amethi in 2010 and that it has been running for the last few years and producing small arms.

In what would offer a lifeline to the beleaguered dying and printing industry, Union textiles minister Smriti Zubin Irani on Monday inaugurated a common effluent treatment plant in Sanganer set up at an investment of Rs 159 crore.

The Prime Minister may also inaugurate and lay foundation stones for various projects, Agrahari said. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Rahul Gandhi had defeated BJP's Smriti Irani by a margin of over 1.07 lakh votes, retaining the Amethi seat.

Smriti Irani said that religious practices should be "respected" and anyone breaching them just to "make headlines" would do a great disservice to the country's diversity. "I speak from personal experience. I am married to a Zoroastrian and by law I am not allowed (to enter fire temple). And, by law means not by the Constitution but by laws governing that religion," she said.

Priyanka Gandhi held a marathon meeting with party workers from Amethi at around 11.30 pm on Tuesday. She promised that she will "stand by" the party workers "wherever they want", said secretary of Youth Congress Ashok Singh.