<p>The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Saturday slapped a show-cause notice on Congress leader Gurudas Kamat for his reportedly derogatory references to HRD Minister Smriti Irani.<br /><br /></p>.<p>NCW chairperson Lalitha Kumaramangalam said Kamat has to explain his remarks within a week.<br /><br />Kamat had reportedly referred to Irani as a person who mopped up the floor at a hotel in Mumbai since her family was not financially well-off and also questioned the minister’s credentials to have charge of the education portfolio.<br /><br />“There is a buzz everywhere that an uneducated sister has been elevated to the position of the education minister of this country,” Kamat had said while campaigning of local body elections in Rajasthan.<br /><br />Kamat also said Irani came from Delhi and resided in Mumbai. “The first job she got here was mopping the floor of a Mumbai restaurant. Nothing wrong in that, if a “chaiwala” can become the prime minister of the country, then why can’t a “poncha lagane wali” become a minister,” Kamat added, referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s humble beginnings as a tea seller.<br /><br />Rajasthan unit of the Congress issued a statement to clarify that Kamat had never degraded her work at a hotel, but had questioned her ability to lead the HRD Ministry. BJP spokesman Sambit Patra said he was pained to hear what Kamat had said about Irani.</p>
<p>The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Saturday slapped a show-cause notice on Congress leader Gurudas Kamat for his reportedly derogatory references to HRD Minister Smriti Irani.<br /><br /></p>.<p>NCW chairperson Lalitha Kumaramangalam said Kamat has to explain his remarks within a week.<br /><br />Kamat had reportedly referred to Irani as a person who mopped up the floor at a hotel in Mumbai since her family was not financially well-off and also questioned the minister’s credentials to have charge of the education portfolio.<br /><br />“There is a buzz everywhere that an uneducated sister has been elevated to the position of the education minister of this country,” Kamat had said while campaigning of local body elections in Rajasthan.<br /><br />Kamat also said Irani came from Delhi and resided in Mumbai. “The first job she got here was mopping the floor of a Mumbai restaurant. Nothing wrong in that, if a “chaiwala” can become the prime minister of the country, then why can’t a “poncha lagane wali” become a minister,” Kamat added, referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s humble beginnings as a tea seller.<br /><br />Rajasthan unit of the Congress issued a statement to clarify that Kamat had never degraded her work at a hotel, but had questioned her ability to lead the HRD Ministry. BJP spokesman Sambit Patra said he was pained to hear what Kamat had said about Irani.</p>
