The rise and fall of Smriti Irani

Smriti Irani’s story is akin to a fairy tale; from being born in a middle class family to working hard in a restaurant to fend her needs to the adorable super hit bahu of small screen to walking the echelons of power by becoming the HRD minister at the nascent stage of her political career….and then the fall. Did she get too much too soon at a very young age? But maybe she deserved it by virtue of her hard work and her indomitable spirit of fighting all odds. But ever since she became the HRD minster brush with controversy continued unabated. At a point of time in her youth this former HRD minster was working in a restaurant part time to earn extra money. Life changed after she became a beauty queen after taking part in a beauty pageant. Her impeccable oratory skills have always won her appreciation; her stint in the entertainment industry perhaps honed this skill. It may come as a shock to many that once she was opposing the BJP ideology tooth and nail. The Modi government had entrusted her with big responsibilities in all their strategic plans; be it pitching her against Rahul Gandhi, pushing her into Amethi—the Congress bastion since ages or in handling other sensitive issue. But the following ten points put her in the dock and the trusted BJP protagonist became the victim of fallen grace: