India, July 24 -- Former union minister Smriti Irani has said it is no longer part of her responsibilities to attack Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. "Pehle ye mera dayitva tha. Ab nahin hai. (Earlier it was my responsibility. Now it's not)," she said in reply to a question about her apparently reduced attacks on Gandhi, whom she had famously defeated from family stronghold Amethi in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
She claimed she would have "absolutely" defeated Rahul Gandhi if he was the Congress candidate against her in 2024 too: "That's why he did not (contest from Amethi)."
In the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the Congress fielded KL Sharma from Amethi who defeated Irani, while Rahul Gandhi won from neighbouring Rae Bareli besides Wayanad in Ke...
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