The Amethi Drama: Smriti vs Rahul By Deepak Parvatiyar May 26, 2015 Rate this post Let’s draw a parallel between Smriti Irani and Arvind Kejriwal. Both had contested the last general elections, respectively, against the potential prime ministers of the country – Rahul Gandhi of the Congress Party in Amethi, and Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Varanasi. Both Irani and Kejriwal – despite being popular faces – were political greenhorns at that time although both had tasted some political success in their limited career. While Irani was already a Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat, Kejriwal just had a 49-day stint as Delhi’s chief minister. Both Irani and Kejriwal were rank outsiders in their respective Lok Sabha constituencies. Both gave a decent fight before losing and both stood a credible second against their respective formidable opponents. Despite their defeats in the general elections, both are ministers today – Smriti is a Union Minister, while
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