Smriti Irani's speech served its primary purpose ̶ it allowed Modi to duck out unscathed
Wounded Opposition gears up to strike back at HRD minister in Parliament.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has every reason to be pleased with Human Resource Development minister Smriti Irani’s performance in Parliament.
With the Opposition infuriated with Irani for allegedly misleading them during the debate last week on the Jawaharlal Nehru University row and the suicide of Hyderabad University’s research scholar Rohith Vemula, it is the minister who has emerged as its chief target of attack. Modi, though, Modi has virtually escaped unscathed.
The rampaging Irani took on the Opposition singlehandedly, clearly providing a handy distraction for Modi whose own silence on key issues and his government’s deficiencies on the economic front have temporarily been brushed aside. No wonder then that Irani’s Lok Sabha speech was tweeted by Prime Minister with the message “Do hear this speech by Smriti Irani”. The tagline said “Satyamev Jayate”.
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