Smriti Irani confronted by Mahila Congress President Netta D'Souza on issue of inflation [Watch]

A video of Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani being confronted by Mahila Congress President Netta D'Souza on the issue of inflation has gone viral on the internet.

The duo were onboard a Guwahati-bound flight and the confrontation happened as the plane landed and passengers began deboarding.

Mahila Congress President Netta D'Souza questioned Smriti Irani about the rising prices of LPG, to which Irani said that the Centre has been helping the poor through various welfare programmes.

“The government is giving free rations to the countrymen, free vaccines to 1.83 billion people,” Union Minister is heard saying in the video.

While D’Souza kept bombarding the minister with her questions, Smriti Irani kept her cool, saying that D’Souza was blocking other passengers on the flight.

When asked about the shortage of cooking gas and stoves without gas, Smriti Irani said, "Please don't lie".

"I’m being accosted," the Union Minister can be heard saying.

Watch the video: 

The Congress is up against the BJP, organising nationwide protests against the Centre over the rise in the prices of petrol, diesel, cooking gas, fertilisers and essential medicines.

Protests are being conducted across the India, at state headquarters, under the aegis of the Pradesh Congress Committees.

Previously, the grand old party stated that the Centre was dissatisfied with having earned almost Rs 26 lakh crore through unprecedented excise rates, and that the recent rise in taxes would impose an additional Rs 1.56 lakh crore burden on the people of India.

The Congress party has also alleged that the government escaped from the debate on inflation during the Parliament session.

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