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Union Textiles and Women, Children Welfare Minister Smriti Irani hit out at the opposition parties, especially the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party, for doing politics over Shaheen Bagh protests and supporting anti-nationals.
“The anti-CAA protesters are demanding ‘Jinnah’s azadi’ and this has annoyed the masses. AAP leader Manish Sisodia has openly extended his party’s support to Shaheen Bagh protesters who are raising anti-national slogans,” Irani said.
Talking to media persons during her visit to Amethi on Thursday, the Union minister said that after their drubbing in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the opposition parties were trying to take revenge from the country and its people by supporting devisive forces.
“The protesters are indulging in anti-national activities by raising slogans against the country and it is unfortunate that a couple of political parties are supporting them,” she said. 
During her day-long visit to her parliamentary constituency, Irani laid the foundation stones and dedicated to the people 20 projects worth over Rs 5 crore, including a farmers seed centre and a solar power centre, at a function held in Bhetua block. She said that solar lights which were earlier installed at the houses of leaders would now be provided to common people.
Irani also visited Bhareta village to meet the families of the victims of a road accident on January 20 that left six people dead.
Later, addressing a meeting at Kalakankar in Pratapgarh during the Ganga Yatra on Thursday, Irani said that it could not be the character of a true Indian to sit in Shaheen Bagh and talk of breaking the country.
“I will pray to Ganga Maiya to let better sense prevail among the people who depend on this land for survival, but praise others. In India, the Ganga river is addressed as Maa and the land is called motherland. These people at Shaheen Bagh are talking of breaking our motherland into pieces,” she said.
Attacking the Congress, Irani said, “The intention of the Congress is to break the nation. Ask the people of Amethi, they are the victims as development was stalled there. Today, I am proud to be an MP from Amethi.”
The Union minister said that it was a matter of pride that the Ganga Yatra had reached Pratapgarh and she would like to thank Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for taking the initiative for overall development of villages along the river Ganga and cleaning the Ganga.