VARANASI, April 17 -- Hitting back at Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav over his 'saas-bahu serial' jibe in Parliament, former Union minister Smriti Irani on Friday challenged him to contest and win from a constituency outside his traditional stronghold.

"If he (Akhilesh Yadav) has the courage, he should prove his mettle by contesting and winning an election from any constituency other than his ancestral seat," Irani said while addressing media persons on the sidelines of a programme here.

Irani, along with deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak, took part in a town hall organised under the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam campaign in Varanasi.

She said she had demonstrated such capability by defeating a Congress president in his own ...