Smriti Irani buying land in Amethi to keep poll promise

Union Minister Smriti Irani, who had defeated Rahul Gandhi to snatch Congress citadel Amethi from the Gandhi Parivar, is buying a big piece of land in her parliamentary constituency to build a house.

The minister had promised people would not have to come to Delhi looking for her after her victory for the resolution of their problems as she would have her own house in Amethi.

To keep her pre-poll promise, Irani has seleted a piece of land measuring 11 biswa (14,850 sqft) near Gauriganj. She is arriving in Amethi on Monday to get the registry of the land done.

Irani has rented a house on Jamo Road in Amethi where she stayed during her campaign in 2019. “Whenever she is here, she stays in that rented house, which doubles up as her camp office,” says her representative Vijay Gupta.

Gupta claimed she had asked us to select a plot where she can build a house in her constituency to spend more time with people in attending their problems. She was sent a few proposals and she has selected the one near Gauriganj.

Once the paperwork is done, a palatial house will be constructed on the piece of land she is buying.