"When I took over, officials of my ministry asked me, what my agenda was. I clearly told them that my agenda does not have politicians as stakeholders, it has only students and their parents."
Asked about her frequent meetings with RSS leaders, Irani quipped: "If you go through my entire schedule, you will find that I have also met leaders from the Congress and the Left, even Left-supported unions in my office."
Citing two instances, Irani disclosed how a Congress MP from Karnataka, whose name she did not reveal, came to her and requested that a Kendriya Vidyalaya be set up in his constituency.