Amidst increasing prices of LPG, Smriti Irani’s tweet from 2011 resurfaces to haunt Modi government
New Delhi: Union Cabinet Minister for Women & Child Development Smriti Irani on Friday was trolled on Twitter after one of her tweets from 2011 resurfaced on the social media platform.
In the 2011 tweet, Smriti Irani is seen slamming the then UPA government led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for hiking Rs. 50 on LPG. “50 rupee hike in LPG!!!!! N they call themselves Aam Aadmi ki Sarkar. What a shame!” Smriti had tweeted.
The tweet resurfaced on Twitter after users retweeted the post questioning the minister's silence as the BJP government led by PM Modi has more than doubled the rates of LPG in 7 years of governance.
In August this year alone, the rates of LPG were hiked twice Rs 25 each, making it a hike of Rs. 50 within 15 days.
The tweet has in the past too, haunted Smriti who was often seen as the vocal force from BJP Mahila Morcha before the PM Modi-led BJP government came to power in 2014. Smriti would frequently raise issues of unemployment, inflation, and women's safety as a strong leader from the opposition, but remains largely silent on similar issues and failure of her party’s governance.
The actor-turned-politician is frequently trolled for this very reason on Twitter.
50 rupee hike in LPG!!!!! N they call themselves Aam Aadmi ki Sarkar. What a shame!
— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) June 24, 2011
ek retake ho jaye tulsi ji? https://t.co/2gUy5EoxTI
— Rofl Gandhi 2.0 🏹🚜 (@RoflGandhi_) September 2, 2021
Madam ji miss you 😇
— Susmita Mazumdar (@Susmita_Speaks) September 3, 2021
Next dharna ka date kab hain 😕 pic.twitter.com/wm4vGjDG1j
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Online fraud: Hotel chef from Udupi cheated of over Rs 1 lakh by WhatsApp contact
Udupi: Udupi City Police have registered a case of online fraud after a 62-year-old hotel chef was allegedly cheated of Rs 1.13 lakh by a woman who befriended him on WhatsApp, claiming to be based in London.
The victim, identified as Pandu Kariappa Poojary, a resident of Kuthpadi in Udupi, was working at a hotel in Mangaluru.
He reportedly came into contact with a woman identifying herself as Emilda William on WhatsApp. During their interactions, she told Poojary that she planned to start a cosmetics and hotel business in India and would meet him during a visit to Mangaluru.
On April 7, Emilda sent Poojary a flight ticket from London to Delhi via WhatsApp. The following day, Poojary received a phone call from a woman who informed him that Emilda had arrived at Delhi airport carrying a demand draft worth Rs 5 crore along with other items. The caller allegedly asked him to pay Rs 70,000.
Subsequently, Poojary also received a call from Emilda, who was reportedly crying and spoke about the situation. Believing the claims, he transferred a total of Rs 1,13,300 in phases using a scanner. He later realised that he had been cheated.
