Union minister for information and broadcasting, and textiles Smriti Irani, in addition to speaking fluent English, Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali and Marathi, is also learning the dialect spoken in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh "so that she can endear herself to common folk.” Irani may contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Amethi and may lock horns with sitting Member of Parliament (MP) and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi. Irani is "spend(ing) at least three days every
Rahul Gandhi (left) and Smriti Irani: electoral battles?
month” in Amethi, observed journalist Arati Jerath in her column "Power Talk” in......