<div>Lashing out at Rahul Gandhi over his protests at Hyderabad Central University, HRD Minister Smriti Irani today accused the Congress vice president of using education as "battle-ground" and students as "political fodder" to take revenge on her for posing a challenge in his Amethi constituency.<br /><br />"Rahul Gandhi would have to take the revenge of Amethi somewhere. I was waiting for it... He wants to make education the battle-ground and use students as political fodder," she told reporters.<br /><br />Rahul is "hell-bent" on extracting revenge for the tough challenge she had posed while contesting against him in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from the Congress bastion of Amethi, she said.<br /><br />"I have no objections if he wants to take the Amethi fight to other parts of the country. I went to Amethi when Congress was ruling at the Centre. I wasn't scared that time. So why should I be now?" she said.<br /><br />Irani said Rahul should play politics in Amethi or Parliament, not on campuses. "Politics should not be at educational institutes. It should be at the place (Amethi) where I fought the election and in Parliament where I am answerable. For that I am competent and capable," she said.<br /><br />Several Union ministers and BJP leaders have accused Rahul Gandhi of using students as a "political tool" over a Dalit scholar's suicide in the Hyderabad Central University campus and mocked his day-long fast.</div>
<div>Lashing out at Rahul Gandhi over his protests at Hyderabad Central University, HRD Minister Smriti Irani today accused the Congress vice president of using education as "battle-ground" and students as "political fodder" to take revenge on her for posing a challenge in his Amethi constituency.<br /><br />"Rahul Gandhi would have to take the revenge of Amethi somewhere. I was waiting for it... He wants to make education the battle-ground and use students as political fodder," she told reporters.<br /><br />Rahul is "hell-bent" on extracting revenge for the tough challenge she had posed while contesting against him in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from the Congress bastion of Amethi, she said.<br /><br />"I have no objections if he wants to take the Amethi fight to other parts of the country. I went to Amethi when Congress was ruling at the Centre. I wasn't scared that time. So why should I be now?" she said.<br /><br />Irani said Rahul should play politics in Amethi or Parliament, not on campuses. "Politics should not be at educational institutes. It should be at the place (Amethi) where I fought the election and in Parliament where I am answerable. For that I am competent and capable," she said.<br /><br />Several Union ministers and BJP leaders have accused Rahul Gandhi of using students as a "political tool" over a Dalit scholar's suicide in the Hyderabad Central University campus and mocked his day-long fast.</div>