RAE BARELI/AMETHI: Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani attacked the Gandhi family on Friday for the "lack of development" in its electoral stronghold.UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi represents Rae Bareli in the Lok Sabha and Congress president Rahul Gandhi holds the adjacent Amethi seat, where Irani herself contested unsuccessfully in 2014.She accused the two Congress leaders for failing to develop their own constituencies, claiming that 70 to 80 per cent of houses there are still made of mud.The people in the area had no expectations of its development, she told reporters after visiting the Modern Coach Factory here.She claimed that during the UPA government's term, railway coaches were brought to the factory from Kapurthala and shown as the achievement of the Rae Bareli unit."Now under the Narendra Modi government, 700 coaches are made here," she said."The rail coach factory here has become a symbol of possibilities under the Narendra Modi government," she said.Irani also attended the 8th convocation ceremony of the National Institute of Fashion Technology in Amethi on Friday.Speaking at the event, she asked parents to treat their daughters and sons impartially.A total of 105 students of the institute were awarded degrees in various subjects on the occasion. PTI CORR SAB SMI ASHAmethi (UP), Sep 7 (PTI) Union minister Smriti Irani said girls are undoubtedly doing better in field of education and asked parents not to differentiate between daughters and sons.Irani was addressing the 8th convocation ceremony of the Rajiv Gandhi Petroleum Technology Institute in Amethi on Friday.AMETHI (UP), Sep 7 (PTI) Union textiles minister Smriti Jubin Irani said on Friday at Jais in Amethi that undoubtedly girls are doing better in field of education in comparison of boys.She was addressing the 8th convocation of National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) on the premises of Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT) at Bahadurpur-Jais under Tiloi assembly segment in Amethi parliamentary constituency (led by Congress president Rahul Gandhi) as chief guest.Addressing the gathering of academics union minister Irani said that with results of award distribution its clear that girls are doing better than boys.She called on the parents and guardians to follow the slogan of government "Beti Badhao-Beti Padhao" (Forward the daughters and Teach the daughters) making no difference between daughters and sons.The minister who formerly held the responsibility of department of higher education hoped that girls will move forward with different thinking in this race of modernity.Earlier to this the minister gave award of excellence in different disciplines including accessories, leather and fashion designs.On this occasion 105 students of graduate and post graduate level were awarded with degrees in respective subjects including 14 students were awarded with academic excellence, award of best student of year and merit based community services.The director general of NIFT Sharda Murlidharan IAS managed oath ceremony for students "to make the best use of their degrees in national interest". Her lecture in Hindi was appreciated by everybody including the union minister.Director of NIFT Dr. Bharat Shah presented the brief accounts of development of the institute.