Smriti Irani is a prominent leader within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She is a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha, representing Amethi. In the Indian general election 2019, Smriti Irani defeated Rahul Gandhi. Gandhi's family had previously represented the constituency for four decades. Prior to this, she was a Member of the Rajya Sabha for Gujarat and held multiple portfolios as a Minister in the Government of India (GOI). Smriti Irani contested the 2014 general elections against Rahul Gandhi in Amethi constituency of Uttar Pradesh. Irani lost to Rahul Gandhi by 1,07,923 votes, a 12.32% margin.
Read MoreIn the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, 14 out of 80 seats will go to polls on Monday. BJP's five Union Ministers including Rajnath Singh and Smriti Irani are in the fray. Rae Bareli, from where Rahul Gandhi is contesting, will also go to polls in fifth phase.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The fifth phase of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 will be held on May 20 (Monday) in which voters in 49 constituencies will use their franchise. Eight states and Union Territories including UP, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand will go to polls in the fifth phase.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Smriti Irani mocked Rahul Gandhi after he accepted an invitation to debate with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Lok Sabha polls.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Uttar Pradesh, which sends the maximum number of MPs, 80, to Parliament, will vote in all seven phases till June 1. The counting of votes will be done on June 4.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Uttar Pradesh, which sends the maximum number of MPs, 80, to Parliament, will vote in all seven phases. The counting of votes has been scheduled for June 4.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Congress targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJ) for the attack in which some Congress workers also sustained injuries, as claimed by the party. Kishori Lal Sharma has been pitted against against the BJP's Smriti Irani from Amethi.
The report's release, just 10 days before Telangana's Lok Sabha polls on May 13, adds a political dimension to the case. Rohith's suicide in 2016 sparked nationwide protests, particularly over allegations of discrimination against Dalit students.
Hot seats in Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Amethi in Uttar Pradesh goes to polls in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha polls on May 20 (Monday). The counting of votes will be done on June 4 (Tuesday).
Congress has announced its candidates on the two key seats in Uttar Pradesh -- Amethi and Rae Bareli with Rahul Gandhi contesting on the latter and Sonia Gandhi loyalist Kishori Lal Sharma fighting on the Amethi seat against BJP's Smriti Irani.
Smriti Irani, in an exclusive conversation with India TV, exuberated confidence that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will win all the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh, to achieve NDA's target of 400-plus seats in the Lok Sabha elections.
Meanwhile, Congress has yet to field a candidate for this constituency. Earlier, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said that the names of party candidates for the prestigious Amethi and Rae Bareli seats in Uttar Pradesh will be announced in a 'few days'.
Rahul Gandhi had won the 2019 Lok Sabha elections defeating CPI's PP Suneer with a margin of over 4.31 lakh votes. The BJP has fielded its Kerela unit president K Surendra against the Congress leader from Wayanad. Gandhi is a sitting MP of the constituency.
AAP Minister Atishi held a press conference as Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was sent to six-day ED custody by Rouse Avenue court in Delhi, saying the BJP wants to win the election with the help of ED.
Vartika Singh had filed a case in the Sultanpur MP/MLA court, accusing Irani of defamation. The case was dismissed by the special court on October 21, 2022. Following this, the petitioner had challenged the MP/MLA court's order in the high court.
Smriti Irani who won the 2019 Lok Sabha polls defeating leader Rahul Gandhi had repeatedly challenged the Congress leader to contest from Amethi without allying with Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati.
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PM Narendra Modi will contest for the third time from Varanasi. Smriti Irani has once again been fielded from Amethi where she defeated Rahul Gandhi in his bastion Amethi in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Rajnath Singh will contest once again from Lucknow. Check list of candidates for UP, Uttarakhand
Amethi Lok Sabha Election 2024: BJP leader and Union Minister Smriti Irani defeated Rahul Gandhi from the Amethi constituency in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. This was the saffron party's second victory from the seat after 1998.
BJP leader and Union Minister Smriti Irani currently represents Uttar Pradesh's Amethi seat. She defeated Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in 2019 polls. The Congress' scion had fought from two seats -- Amethi and Wayanad in Kerala.
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