NEW DELHI: Smriti Irani, who unseated Rahul Gandhi from Amethi, summed up her spectacular success in a quote from the wildly-popular series "Game of Thrones". By defeating the Congress president in his family stronghold, Irani gave the Congress its biggest setback. The party is facing one of the lowest turnarounds in its 134-year-old history.
Irani, 43, shared on Instagram, a silhouette image of a direwolf in the backdrop of the moon with a quote from the series ''The North Remembers", the second season premiere of Game of Thrones.
She won the Uttar Pradesh seat by over 55,000 votes and polled a total of 4, 68,514 votes.
A "Game of Thrones" fan commented, "Queen in the North". Irani's close friend, producer Ekta Kapoor, replied to the Instagram post with heart emoticons.
This is not the first time Irani referred to "Game of Thrones" on Instagram. She has shared her Monday and Tuesday blues with memes from the show.
Friday morning, the just-elected BJP leader thanked her voters and tweeted, "A new morning for Amethi, a new pledge. You placed your trust in development, grateful to Amethi."
With Thursday's win, she avenged her 2014 defeat in Amethi. She had managed to reduce Gandhi's winning margin to one lakh that year and continued to visit the town regularly despite her defeat.