Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Amethi Lok Sabha seat Smriti Irani said that till now I used to contest polls against Congress leader only, but now a Pakistani leader has said that Smriti Irani should be defeated.
On Tuesday (May 7), Union Minister Irani targeted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over alleged support from Pakistani leader Chaudhry Fawad Hussain amid the ongoing Lok Sabha elections 2024.
PM Modi built factory of AK 203 rifle in Amethi
On the former Pakistan minister's post on social media platform 'X', regarding Irani, the Union Minister said, "Till now I used to contest against Congress leader only, but now a Pakistani leader has said that Smriti Irani should be defeated. 'Tumse Pakistan na sambhalta, tum Amethi ki chinta karte ho'. If my voice reaches the leader of Pakistan, I want to say, this is the Amethi where PM Modi has built the factory of the AK 203 rifle, that rifle used to kill Pakistani terrorists on borders. 'Chunaav chal raha hai desh me, samarthan mil raha aapko (Rahul Gandhi) videsh me'."
While addressing a poll rally Smriti Irani took a dig at Fawad Hussain and said that they were not being able to handle Pakistan but were worrying about Amethi.
Ex-Pakistani minister post in support of Rahul Gandhi
Chaudhry Fawad Hussain shared a video of Rahul Gandhi on X last week. In the video, the Congress leader was criticising the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and labelling accusations against the Indian media.
Sharing the video, Fawad Hussain wrote "Rahul on fire ….".
On May 4 (Saturday), Hussain lauded Rahul Gandhi's repeated promises of conducting a wealth redistribution survey in India.
"Rahul Gandhi like his great Grandfather Jawaharlal has a socialist in him, problems of India and Pak are so same even after 75 years of partition, Rahul sahib in his last night speech said 30 or 50 families Owns 70% of India wealth so is in Pakistan where only a business club called Pak Business Council and few real estate Seth’s own 75% of Pak wealth.. fair distribution of wealth is biggest challenge of capitalism," wrote Hussain on X.
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