Smriti Irani says that Priyanka Vadra had equipped namaz on freeway in Amethi in 2019

A day after Karnataka Congress president D Ok Shivakumar promised that the grand earlier social gathering will assemble Lord Hanuman temples throughout the State if voted to vitality, Union Minister Smriti Irani on Friday hit out on the previous saying that he must first ponder the “promise” to his private social gathering as she has seen Mrs Vadra offering Namaz in the middle of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Union Minister Irani further talked about that the Congress chief should not make such ensures throughout the State as his social gathering should not be worthwhile the May 10 Assembly elections. “I’d like to humbly tell DK Shivakumar that he is not going to become the CM, so it is better if he does not make the false promise of a temple,” the Union Minister knowledgeable ANI.

Pointing to Shivakumar’s promise of growing Lord Hanuman temples, She talked about, “Before saying this, did he [Shivakumar] check with Mrs Vadra? [Priyanka Gandhi Vadra] I say this because, during the 2019 Lok Sabha election in Amethi, I saw Mrs Vadra offering namaz on the street.”

“We all know that those who believe in Islam can’t do idol worshipping or build temples. So, if his leader is against idol worshipping & temple, can DK Shivakunar make such a promise?” Irani added.

#WATCH | “I want to tell DK Shivakumar that he is not going to become the CM, so it is better if he does not make the temple promise,” says Union Minister Smriti Irani pic.twitter.com/tXE3uyMpYb

— ANI (@ANI) May 5, 2023

DK Shivakumar on Thursday all through his go to to Mysuru promised to each assemble further Lord Hanuman temples or renovate the current ones all over the place within the state.

The poll promise might very effectively be seen as Congress’ efforts to control the harm, it has precipitated throughout the poll-bound State by bringing a poll manifesto, whereby the social gathering bracketed the outlawed Popular Front of India (PFI) and Bajrang Dal collectively and stated it’d ban the organisations as quickly because it’s voted to vitality.

Notably, this has triggered outrage in direction of the social gathering, along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who on Tuesday talked about that this “decisive” selection by the social gathering was an attempt to lock up people who worship Lord Hanuman.

Karnataka will go to Assembly polls on May 10 and the counting of votes will occur on May 13.