Who is Smriti Irani?

Smriti Irani, who had been the Minister for Textiles in the latter part of the first term of the Narendra Modi government, was given charge of the Union Women and Child Development ministry in the second term of Modi's Bharatiya Janata party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance government.

 

In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Irani had emerged as a 'giant killer'. Contesting from the high-profile Amithi seat in Uttar Pradesh, Irani defeated Congress leader Rahul Gandhi by a margin of 55,120 votes. She polled 49.71 per cent the votes cast in the constituency, compared with Gandhi's vote share of 43.86 per cent.

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