Smriti, Sawant visit BJP worker Surendra Singh's house in Amethi

Smriti Irani and Goa CM who are on a two-day Amethi tour also visited house of BJP worker Surendra Singh, who was shot dead after the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, Pic/Twitter Pramod Sawant

On Saturday, Union Minister Smriti Irani, accompanied by Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, reached Amethi on a two-day visit. This is Irani's first visit to the constituency which she won after defeating Congress chief Rahul Gandhi in the recently concluded Lok Sabha Elections.

Irani and Sawant went straight to the house of BJP worker Surendra Singh, who was shot dead immediately after the election in Amethi's Barauliya village and met his family members.

Sawant said he had campaigned for 22 days as a party worker for Irani in the 2014 general election and knew most of the workers here. "I was pained to learn of the death of Surendra Singh and told Smriti Irani that I wanted to visit his family," he said.

Incidentally, Barauliya village (along with Hariharpur village) had been adopted by the late Goa Chief Minister and former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, who had been elected to the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. Sawant said the Goa government would continue the development work initiated by Parrikar in Amethi's villages.

Meanwhile, Irani, during her two-day visit, will lay the foundation stone for some development projects in the constituency that include rain-harvesting plants and will also meet party leaders and workers in Tiloi, Jagdishpur, and Musafirkhana.

On Sunday, Irani will hold meetings with officials regarding the development of the constituency. Irani is also accompanied by UP Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Maurya.

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