After Smriti Irani’s Amethi defeat, NITI Aayog director recalls her ‘misbehaviour’, deletes X post later

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New Delhi:NITI Aayog Director Urvashi Prasad Tuesday accused former Amethi MP Smriti Irani of misbehavior, describing her as arrogant and having an attitude that is nothing less than abhorrent..

Prasad alleged that Irani had thrown her out of her office when she met her to offer some suggestions...

In a now deleted post on X, the director of the Union government-run think-tank wrote that she had experienced Iranis sheer arrogance first hand in 2019 when she had visited her office to offer suggestions to improve the performance of the ministry of women and child development headed by Irani...

Had heard from many people but had never paid heed to it, till I faced your sheer arrogance first hand in 2019, where you misbehaved and literally threw me out of your office where I had ironically come to offer some suggestions on how to improve the performance of the Women and Child Ministry you for some reason and perhaps based on the counsel of your PS had assumed I was seeking a favour or role with you, which I definitely wasnt, she wrote...

Union Minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani, contested from Uttar Pradeshs Amethi, and was defeated by Congresss Kishori Lal Sharma Tuesday by a margin of 1.67 votes...