On Her B’day, Smriti Irani’s Power-Packed Statements in Lok Sabha

Nine statements by Smriti Irani worth revisiting.

HRD Minister Smriti Irani has been in the eye of the storm after the suicide of Hyderabad University scholar Rohith Vemula and the sedition charges against five Jawaharlal Nehru University students. Although she has made some emphatic speeches in the Lok Sabha, she has faced flak for factual inconsistencies. On the occasion of her birthday, here are some statements by the minister which are worth revisiting.

This article was first published in February 2016.