Overview
- Irani said recognisability made people assume she treated politics as a late-career move rather than a serious pursuit.
- She argued that many actors are ushered into roles and end up as Rajya Sabha members, a perception she rejects for herself.
- Detailing her trajectory, she said she joined active politics in 2003 as a BJP youth wing member in Maharashtra.
- She noted contesting her first election in 2004 at age 27 and later serving as Maharashtra State Secretary under Nitin Gadkari, working with five BJP presidents including Venkaiah Naidu, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Amit Shah and J. P. Nadda.
- Her remarks came on the third episode of All About Her, a YouTube podcast launched on August 22 that has hosted guests such as Sunny Leone and Patralekhaa, with coverage also referencing her recent nostalgic return to Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi.