A video of former Congress National President Rahul Gandhi has gone viral on social media on Tuesday. At the same time, Union Minister Smriti Irani has reached her constituency Wayanad. Here he said not much has been done here. Along with this, he also put his Amethi model in front of the people there. The Union Minister also tweeted a video titled ‘For our friends in Wayanad… with love from Amethi’. In this he has told how Rahul “failed” in Amethi. Let us tell you that in the last Lok Sabha elections, Irani defeated Rahul Gandhi in Amethi.
When asked by reporters whether she would consider contesting from Wayanad if her party asks her to do so, Smriti Irani said: “I am not Rahul Gandhi, I will not run from Amethi.”
Smriti Irani said that the implementation of central government schemes in Wayanad district is poor. He specifically talked about PM Street Vendor Atmanirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi). Along with this, he also talked about Kanya Shiksha Pravesh Utsav, a program to bring teenage girls back to schools. He said: “The District Education Officer in Wayanad has no information about it.”
Comparing Wayanad with Fatehpur district of BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh, Irani said it has improved its ranking in aspirational districts from 111 to eight. Wayanad has not improved its ranking. “Given that the challenges are many, I cannot express my happiness,” she said.
Listing out the challenges facing the district, he talked about opportunities in sectors like health, nutrition, education, infrastructure and agriculture, skill development and financial inclusion. “It was found that the citizens were not getting the state support and subsidies satisfactorily,” he said.
Referring to the review meeting held with district officials, the minister said: “I was told that there are 57,000 families who do not have Kisan Credit Cards. 1.35 lakh households do not have drinking water connections. Digitization of land records is pending. Here Sickle cell anemia continues to be a major concern, proper screening does not take place. I have asked the district collector to sit with the district medical officer, ICDS program officer and social justice officer. The skill development officer should approach the lead bank programs apply.”