Millions of
arguments…. this week on Smiriti Irani… who is she? What’s the problem? Let’s
have a detailed look at:
Smriti Zubin Irani (née
Malhotra, born 23 March 1976) is an Indian politician and former model,
television actress and producer. She represents the Bharatiya Janata Party and
is the incumbent Minister of Human Resource Development of Government of India.
EARLY LIFE
& EDUCATION
Smriti was born
in Delhi to a family of Punjabi–Bengali background, and was eldest amongst
three sisters. Before finding modeling stardom, she worked as a waitress at
McDonald's. She studied up to class 12 at Holy Child Auxilium School and
discontinued further education
POLITICAL
CAREER
Irani joined the Bharatiya
Janata Party in 2003. She became
vice-president of the Maharashtra Youth Wing in 2004.In the 2004
general elections for the 14th Lok
Sabha, she contested unsuccessfully against Kapil
Sabil from the Chandni Chowk constituency in Delhi. She
was nominated as executive member of the central committee of the BJP. In
December 2004, Irani threatened to "fast unto death" until then
Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi resigned,
blaming him for BJP's electoral losses. However she later retracted this demand
after BJP's central leadership threatened to take action against her. In early
2010, Irani was appointed as the National Secretary of BJP and on 24 June, she
was appointed as All India President of the BJP's women's wing, BJP
Mahila Morcha. In August 2011, she was sworn in
as a Member of Parliament from Gujarat to the Rajya Sabha.
Irani contested
the 2014 general elections against Rahul
Gandhi in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh. Gandhi held the seat with a reduced margin of victory of
1.07 lakh compared to 3.70 lakh votes in the previous 2009 election.On 26 May 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appointed her
as the Minister of Human Resource Development in his cabinet. At 38, she was
the youngest member of the cabinet.
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