Conclave 2023: No one a minority in one's own country, says Smriti Irani on alienation

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At the India Today Conclave, Smriti Irani said nobody can be a minority in their own country...

"I am married to a micro-minority community member, a Zoroastrian, there are barely 55,000 of them across the world," Union Minister Smriti Irani said on Friday, while speaking at the India Today Conclave in New Delhi...

"The term minority is not individualised only to one religion," Smriti Irani said.. Drawing context from 'New India', Smriti Irani said, the schemes introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi are for the welfare of everyone and not just one community...

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