<p>After Rahul Gandhi&#39;s no-holds-barred attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, union minister Smriti Irani launched a counter-broadside against the Congress vice president.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Addressing the media in Delhi, Irani said Rahul Gandhi was a &quot;failed dynast&quot;.</p>

<p>&quot;A failed dynast today chose to speak about his failed political journeys in USA,&quot; she said.</p>

<p>Gandi had attacked the prime minister in a speech -- India at 70: Reflections on the Path Forward -- &nbsp;he gave at the University of California, Berkeley earlier on Tuesday morning. &nbsp;</p>

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<p>Irani said Gandhi&#39;s charges against Prime Minister Narendra Modi were not surprising. &nbsp;</p>

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<p>She said he had failed to connect with the people of India and that he was now criticising his political opponents from a foreign platform.</p>

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<p>Nor did she agree with Gandhi&#39;s statement that dynasts and dynasties are fundamental to India.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>And she added that Rahul Gandhi saying the Congress became arrogant under Sonia Gandhi, and lost an election, was a big political confession.&nbsp;</p>


'A failed dynast today chose to speak about his failed political journeys,' she said

After Rahul Gandhi's no-holds-barred attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, union minister Smriti Irani launched a counter-broadside against the Congress vice president. Addressing the media in Delhi, Irani said Rahul Gandhi was a "failed dynast". "A failed dynast today chose to speak about his failed political journeys in USA," she said. Gandi had attacked the prime minister in a speech -- India at 70: Reflections on the Path Forward -- he gave at the University of California, Berkeley earlier on Tuesday morning. A failed dynast today chose to speak about his failed political journeys in USA: Smriti Irani on Rahul Gandhi pic.twitter.com/1hCoXHyMeY — ANI (@ANI) September 12, 2017 × Irani said Gandhi's charges against Prime Minister Narendra Modi were not surprising. The fact that Mr. Gandhi chose to belittle the PM is not surprising infact expected: Smriti Irani on Rahul Gandhi's statement — ANI (@ANI) September 12, 2017 × She said he had failed to connect with the people of India and that he was now criticising his political opponents from a foreign platform. After failing to connect with ppl of India Mr Gandhi chooses platform of convenience for berating his political opponents-Smriti Irani on RG pic.twitter.com/6yzRvbuxnL — ANI (@ANI) September 12, 2017 × Nor did she agree with Gandhi's statement that dynasts and dynasties are fundamental to India. Also read: Rahul Gandhi, in US, makes no-holds-barred attack on PM Modi Fact that he (Rahul Gandhi) says that dynasts & dynasties is the very fulcrum of India in itself is an anomaly: Smriti Irani — ANI (@ANI) September 12, 2017 × To say that Congress became arrogant under Smt. Gandhi and hence lost election is a big political confession in itself: Smriti Irani on RG pic.twitter.com/kKEJTgv0IK — ANI (@ANI) September 12, 2017 × And she added that Rahul Gandhi saying the Congress became arrogant under Sonia Gandhi, and lost an election, was a big political confession.

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