NEW DELHI : Jet Airways had rejected her application for a position in its cabin crew, union minister Smriti Irani said on Wednesday, thanking the airline for turning her down.

At her witty best in a speech after presenting awards at a function in Delhi, the 40-year-old minister said the Jet job was one of the first she had applied for. “My application for cabin crew position was rejected by Jet Airways, which felt I didn’t have a good personality,” she shared, adding, “Thank God for your rejection.”

After the rejection, the minister said, she got a job with fast food chain McDonald’s and the “rest is history.” Ms Irani’s comments came just after she had presented an award to a Jet Airways official at the function organised by the Air Passengers Association of India. Ms Irani said she was joining the celebration as a passenger.

Smriti Irani was a model and beauty pageant contestant before she became a top TV actress and then joined politics. At 38, she was sworn in as the youngest cabinet minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in 2014.A Rajya Sabha MP, Ms Irani was transferred to the Textile Ministry from the Human Resource Development Ministry in a mega cabinet reshuffle last month.

While her detractors called it a demotion, Ms Irani continues to be in the headlines, recently making handlooms trend with her #Iwearhandloom campaign. At her witty television actress-turned- politician also said that thanks to that rejection, she got a job at McDonald’s and the “rest is history”.”I don’t know if many people know that one of the first jobs that I wanted and I lined up for was cabin crew at Jet.

I was rejected because I was told I don’t have a good personality. Thank God for your rejection. After that, I got a job at McDonald’s and the rest is history,” she said.

Speaking at an awards function organised by the Air Passengers Association of India (APAI), the textiles minister also said that she was joining the celebration as a passenger.

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