Smriti Irani is
the current Minister for Textiles to the Government of
India. When Narendra Modi had recommended her name for a Cabinet minister, many
eyebrows were lifted in surprise, shocked and suspicion. No one was expecting
her to become a cabinet minister. She had lost two consecutive elections, this
time against Rahul Gandhi from Amethi. There is another loser in the cabinet in
the form of inefficient, but smart Arun Jaitley. Actually, the prime purpose for Modi to select Smriti was creating a powerful woman politician replete with oratory skills to counter any possible revolt by Sushma Swaraj. However, after Lalitgate issue, Sushma is not in a position to challenge the supremacy of Modi in the BJP.
Many people
started to link Smriti with Narendra Modi. That was something heinous and this
type of inhuman propaganda is still going on among Congress and AAP supporters. She was constantly attacked despite commendable work as an HRD minister and Modi had to shift her out of the ministry to lessen the media focus away from the crucial ministry.
People were
expecting Smriti to fail. But, in two years, she has surprised everyone.
Profile of Smriti Irani
Smriti Irani was
born as Smriti Malhotra on 23rd March, 1975. She was the eldest
among three sisters and quite close to her grandfather, who was a RSS
pracharak.
She studied in a
public school in Delhi till 12th. Later, she decided to not do a regular
course for graduation. At that time, her prime aim was to become a model. She
joined a correspondence course from Delhi University and started to search for
modeling assignment. She was selected for Miss India contest and from there she
never looked back.
She decided to
go to Mumbai as Delhi was not offering her sufficient opportunity to give shine
to her modeling ambition.
Smriti came to
Mumbai, but some hard days were waiting there. She had to work as a waitress
and what’s not. She got some modelling assignment and one day she got a call
from Ekta Kapoor. She did an audition for Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi –
KSBKBT. The role of Tulsi that she played in this serial had made her a
household name, particularly in South India.
Fast Against Narendra Modi
You may be
surprised to know that Smriti Irani had gone for ‘fast unto death’ after the
debacle of Vajpayee Government. Her demand – the Removal of Narendra Modi as
the CM of Gujarat.
There was no
Twitter then, but BJP supporters throughout India took strong stand against
this of her demand. The party warned her, and consequently she had to withdraw
that ‘fast’. It is believed that Smriti was not able to digest her defeat in
Chandni Chowk constituency and she thought that Muslims didn’t vote for her
because of Narendra Modi.
Husband of Smriti Irani
Zubin Irani is
the husband of Smriti Irani. She fell in love with him during her modeling
days. She married Zubin just before her launch on the television and instantly
changed her surname. That is why people know her with the name of Smriti Irani,
not as Smriti Malhotra.
Zubin is a Parsi
and was a divorcee when he came in contact with Smriti Irani. As per sources,
Zubin came into contact with Smriti only after taking divorce and hence we
should not blame Smriti to break a marriage. It is also a fact that the ex-wife
of Zubin is a close friend of Smriti Irani.
Smriti has two
children – Son, Zohr Irani and daughter, Zoish Irani.
It should also
be mentioned here that she is also taking care of Shanelle Irani, the daughter
of Zubin from his first marriage.
Caste of Smriti Irani
In a recent
discussion on the unfortunate suicide of Rohit Vemulla in the Hyderabad
University, Smriti Irani challenged opposition members to name her caste. In
fact, she was questioning others to judge any person just on the basis of
caste.
Congress and
other opposition members remain silent on her challenge.
Actually, Smriti
was born as a Khatri Hindu. Her father was a Punjabi Hindu of Khatri caste and her mother was a Bengali Hindu. After getting married, she is half Hindu and half
Parsi. She is practicing all Hindu rituals. It should be mentioned here that
Zubin never objected on her being so religiously Hindu.
Anyway, the
caste of Smriti Irani is Khatri.
By the way,
people who were questioning her credentials to become the HRD minister on the
basis of her educational certificate must see the video of Lok Sabha debate on
Rohit and JNU issues where Irani tore apart all mischievous allegations of
opposition parties in a roaring manner.
She is going to
stay here in the Indian politics, and is going to shine.
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