Goa bar row: Smriti Irani sends legal notice to Congress leaders over remarks on daughter

NEW DELHI: Union minister Smriti Irani on Sunday sent legal notices to the Congress party and its leaders Pawan Khera, Jairam Ramesh and Netta D’Souza for alleging her daughter was running an illegal bar in Goa.

The Union minister had claimed the "malicious" charge was made at the Gandhi family's behest due to her vocal stand in the National Herald case and vowed to fight back.

On behalf of Smriti Irani, her lawyer has sent a legal notice to the Congress, and its leaders Jairam Ramesh and Pawan Khera.

The letter sent to ministers by the lawyer read, "The allegations made by the

addressees

against our client contain ex-facie false, baseless and unsubstantiated information which is being published and disseminated publicly, without any verification by you, the addressees and yet, being accessed by members of the public at large, all around the world. This is a part of a larger conspiracy to garner political mileage by sensationalizing falsities, misrepresentations and false narratives; and obviously is with a motive to injure the reputation, goodwill, social and political standing as also the character of our client. "