'Prince In Perpetual Waiting' Smriti Irani Takes Swipe At Rahul Gandhi Over SIR Protests, Says Congress Lost 56 Polls Before SIR

Senior BJP leader Smriti Irani on Tuesday took a swipe at Rahul Gandhi, calling him a "prince in perpetual waiting" and accusing the Congress leader of being unable to accept electoral defeats. Irani also launched a scathing attack on the Opposition over its protests against the SIR exercise.

Key Quotes:

“You can wake someone genuinely asleep, but not someone acting blind just to mislead nation! SIR Explain!”

 “The prince in perpetual waiting is unwilling to accept defeats. Instead of introspecting why Congress keeps losing, he is attacking Election Commission and questioning democratic process.”

 “Congress should introspect leadership failures, not blame EC for electoral setbacks.”

Questioned if correct for LoP to go to foreign soil seeking ways to defeat PM.

Context: Escalating confrontation over Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls Congress, TMC, INDIA bloc allege “vote chori”, demand removal of CEC Gyanesh Kumar, held Ramlila Maidan protest. BJP counters SIR is routine cleanup of rolls, necessary to remove dead, duplicate entries  cites AI-edited Bhoothnath Returns video shared by Irani earlier with Rahul replacing Boman Irani discussing dead man’s vote.

 She challenged Opposition to explain stand, said Opposition undermining constitutional institutions by casting aspersions, said opposition workers themselves part of verification, polling, counting  “Is Rahul Gandhi saying his own workers are lying?”