The North Remembers: Smriti Irani marks Amethi win with 'GOT' reference
The BJP leader took Congress bastion Amethi from Rahul Gandhi in a historic win.
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Smriti Irani leaves after the conclusion of the Cabinet meeting, at South Block, in New Delhi.
Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani, who in a historic win took Congress bastion Amethi from Rahul Gandhi by 55K votes, made a 'Game of Thrones' reference to celebrate her victory.
The BJP leader shared a picture from the recently-concluded hit HBO series saying, "The North Remembers".
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On Twitter, she quoted a line by famous Hindi poet Dushyant Kumar, to celebrate the landmark moment, "Kaun kehta hai aasmaan mein suraakh nahin ho sakta."
The nail-biting battle between the Congress chief and the 43-year-old former actress had previously also led to Twitterati bringing out their best meme game.
Dear @priyankagandhi here are few suitable answers to your question ‘Smriti Irani Who?’ -MP from Amethi -Nightmare… https://t.co/xeh6Wd7Q9v
This, however, isn't Irani's first reference to the show. Earlier, she had compared Jon Snow returning from the dead to her co-star Mihir in 'Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi'.
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Gandhi, who won in Wayanad, had congratulated Irani for her victory while accepting responsibility for the Congress's poor show, in a press conference.
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