“She has proved disastrous as education minister, a dangerous combination of arrogance and ignorance,” said Ramachandra Guha, a political historian. Recently, the education minister of Bihar state, Ashok Choudhury, tweeted cattily about Irani’s education policy. ‘I stand up and speak for myself’Irani is perhaps the most-trolled minister in Modi’s cabinet, and she frequently engages in Twitter spats with opponents. A Congress party member even called her a “dancing-singing woman” on national television, a derogatory remark here. Irani, 40, the powerful minister for human-resource development overseeing education, is the queen of controversies.

Source: Washington Post July 02, 2016 11:04 UTC