bengaluru union minister smriti irani on monday backed the lok sabha speakers decision to disqualify congress mp rahul gandhi from parliament following his conviction by a surat courtthe minister for women and child development said it was incumbent upon the speaker to follow what has been pronounced by the courtparticipating in yuva samvad an interaction with firsttime voters and students here organised by bharatiya janata yuva morcha bjym smriti said the disqualification was in keeping with constitutional provisionssaying that this was not the first time that rahul had attacked institutions in india she added will such a person in a confused state of mind be a challenge to prime minister narendra modi in 2024responding to a question from a law student on how rahuls disqualification would change the dynamics of indian politics the minister on a lighter note replied how does somebody change something when somebody is absentany case in court is fought on the basis of merit and evidence if you go by the judgment the person concerned did not even defend himself based on the merits the court ordered a conviction smriti further saidthe union minister also explained that the speaker of lok sabha is an entity who manifests the will of the indian people through the constitution he speaker responds automatically to judicial precedence set by the law smriti said