Smriti visits Amethi, Rahul Gandhi ask her to revive food park project

Janjivan Bureau
New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi Rahul, in turn, challenged Smriti to revive the project in Amethi as he had accused the Narendra Modi government of playing revenge politics. Rahul said, “I hope Smriti Irani ensures Amethi’s food park is set up.” Smriti reached Amethi today.
Smriti accused Rahul of lobbying for corporates and questioned his absence from the constituency. Smriti said, “Rahul taking up food park issue to lobby for corporates. Rahul has been missing all this while, where has been been? Why hasn’t Rahul developed Amethi all this while?”
The issue also rocked the Lok Sabha where unruly scenes were witnessed on Tuesday. The opposition created ruckus on the floor of the House after Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal made a statement on the food park issue. She claimed that the project was delayed by the previous Congress-led government.
Harsimrat claimed that the initial sanction was provided in September 2010 and repeated extensions were provided to the firm involved in the construction with the latest extension being given on March 2014.