HRD Minister Smriti Irani was once a waitress in restaurant

As the youngest person in Modi's Council of Ministers, Smriti handles the crucial HRD portfolio that covers Education. The former TV actress had potshots taken at her by Congress leader Ajay Maken for the same as she dropped out of Holy Child Auxilium School after Class XI. Smriti comes from a lower middle class family. Her Punjabi-Maharashtrian father and Bengali-Assamese mother's only dream for Smriti was for her to get married to a good boy. Well, clearly the BJP politician had bigger things on her mind.The eldest of three sisters, Smriti worked to support her family and ease the load off her parents from a very early age.