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.
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Irani tweeted a video of a woman who claimed that she was made to vote for the Congress. The woman said that one of the officials forcibly put her finger on the Congress button.
Amethi is heading for a cliffhanger this Lok Sabha Election as Rahul Gandhi and Smriti Irani are not leaving a stone unturned for this prized seat. Will Rahul Gandhi manage to hold Congress fort in Amethi or is Smriti Irani headling for this election's biggest upset - we will know on May 23.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Smriti Irani kept aside politics for some time and turned a gloating mother, as her son Zohr, who appeared for the CBSE Class 12 exam 2019, passed with flying colours.
In a video shared online, Smriti Irani was seen drawing water and helping villagers douse the fire.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday accused BJP's Amethi candidate Smriti Irani of distributing shoes in order to insult Rahul Gandhi. Calling Irani an "outsider", she said the people in the Congress chief's Lok Sabha constituency are not beggars.
On the other hand, the Delhi High Court had earlier quashed the summons issued against Smiti Irani in a defamation complaint filed against her by Nirupam.
Addressing an election meeting in Dharai under Amethi assembly segment, Irani exhorted voters to bid adieu to their MP, saying give “bidai” (farewell) to the “naamdar” and send a “kamal” (lotus- BJP poll symbol) to New Delhi from Amethi this time.
Smriti Irani had, on Thursday, submitted to the Election Commission of India that she did not complete her graduation from the University of Delhi. Whereas in her affidavit for 2014 Lok Sabha polls, she had reportedly said she graduated from the university in 1994.
The declaration has stoked yet another controversy over her already-controversial educational status. In her affidavit for 2014 Lok Sabha polls, she had reportedly said she graduated from the university in 1994.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and other senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders are accompanying her.
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However, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath's Officer on Special Duty (OSD) Praveen Kakkar, on Tuesday, termed the income-tax raids at his residence and other places a "political operation".
The Amethi parliamentary constituency, represented in the Lok Sabha by Congress president Rahul Gandhi, has four Assembly segments -- Tiloi, Gauriganj and Jagdishpur (reserved) in Amethi district and Salon (reserved) in Raebareli.
The people of Amethi are going to bid farewell to the 'naamdar' (dynast) on May 6 (polling day). The congress cheated the people for 55 years," Irani told newspersons on the third day of her visit to Amethi.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Congress chief had defeated Irani by a margin of over 1.07 lakh votes, retaining the Amethi seat.
Setting up a high-pitched battle in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP has fielded its powerpact leader Smriti Irani against Congress President Rahul Gandhi in Amethi for the second time.
The BJP on Wednesday dragged Congress president Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra into alleged corruption involving land deals, claiming the opposition party known for "institutionalising" graft, has now come to define "family corruption".
"The new facts which have come to the fore clearly establish a relationship between Rahul Gandhi and arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari," she said.
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