Amethi, December 30: Union Minister Smriti Irani will visit Amethi, the parliamentary constituency of Congress president Rahul Gandhi, on January 4, a BJP leader said on Sunday.

The Union Textiles Minister will lay the foundation stone of a residential school in the district on her daylong visit, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Amethi convenor Rajesh Agrahari said. Smriti Irani Clarifies on Her 'Menstrual Blood-Soaked Sanitary Napkin' Comment Over Sabarimala Row.

Amethi is represented in the Lok Sabha by Rahul Gandhi. Irani had fought the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from here but had lost to the Gandhi scion by over 1 lakh votes.