'Saw drunk people on road in Varanasi,' says Rahul Gandhi; Smriti Irani hits back

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Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday courted controversy as he took a veiled jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency, saying he "saw people lying on the road after drinking alcohol"...

Addressing a rally in his former constituency Amethi during the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, Rahul Gandhi claimed that the "future of Uttar Pradesh is dancing" with people drinking alcohol at night...

The future of Uttar Pradesh is dancing after drinking alcohol at night," he said.. #WATCH | Amethi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi says, "I went to Varanasi and I saw that instruments are being played at night..

Today (Tuesday), he has made objectionable remarks about Varanasi and the young people of Uttar Pradesh," she said.. #WATCH | Union Minister Smriti Irani says, "Rahul Gandhi's remark shows how much venom he has in his mind for Uttar Pradesh..

It is my advice to Sonia Gandhi that if she cannot give a good upbringing to her son, then at least ask him not to comment," Irani further said.. Uttar Pradesh minister Dinesh Pratap Singh also criticised Rahul Gandhi's remarks and demanded he should apologise to the country...

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