Amethi Battle

Union minister Smriti Irani, who defeated Congress's Rahul Gandhi in his family bastion five years ago, met what many would see as a crushing defeat in one of the key prestige battles in this Lok Sabha election.

Robert Vadra - Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's husband - has declared his backing for the party's Lok Sabha election candidate from the Gandhi family stronghold of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh.

She may not be the candidate, but senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is leading from the front when it comes to the party's campaign in two prestige seats in Uttar Pradesh - Amethi and Raebareli

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrived in Raebareli on a chartered flight this morning to file his nomination, hours after his party ended the suspense on Amethi and Raebareli, two key seats that are a prestige battle for the party.

Lok Sabha election 2024: The 2019 election marked a turning point when Smriti Irani of the BJP clinched the historic Gandhi bastion from the Congress, altering its long-standing political legacy.

Disputes over the mosque in Kashi or Varanasi and Mathura have been in the headlines in the last month with court battles being fought over the status of these mosques located right next to prominent temples.

The Narendra Modi-led BJP looked set to return to power with an overwhelming mandate as the results of the Lok Sabha elections trickled in on Thursday. Riding on a wave of nationalism spurred by the February 26 Balakot air strikes, the party made deep inroads into West Bengal and put to rest speculations that its influence was on the wane in northe...

Lok Sabha Election Results 2019: Amid a devastating outlook for the Congress as votes were counted on Thursday in the national election, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was seen driving to the home in Delhi of her brother Rahul Gandhi, the party chief.

The fifth phase of the Lok Sabha election witnesses several high-stake battles between the BJP and opposition parties, with people from 51 Lok Sabha constituencies across seven states casting their votes today to form the next government. The foremost among them is Amethi, where Congress president Rahul Gandhi will try to hold his own against the B...

A day after Congress President Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination in Amethi, after a roadshow supported by thousands of Congress workers, his opponent in the Lok Sabha elections, Union Minister Smriti Irani, was equally impressive in the battle for eyeballs as she filed her nomination for the seat after a 3-kilometre long roadshow.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today took the battle against Congress to party chief Rahul Gandhi's backyard, Amethi, where he accused the sitting parliamentarian of lies and failing to deliver on his promise of generating jobs for 1,500 people.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is hardly seen to miss an opportunity to take pot shots at the Congress that was in power at the centre for decades. Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday faulted PM Modi for this approach, commenting that this approach was a sharp contrast to former prime ministers Jawaharlal Nehru and the BJP's own Atal Behari Va...

After Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi launched a sharp attack on the NDA government and likened Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Adolf Hitler on Friday, Union Minister Smriti Irani has sent him a short stinging reply on Twitter, and a sarcastic 'thank you' note.

The Gandhi family stronghold Amethi, represented in parliament by Rahul Gandhi, and the temple town of Ayodhya are among the areas voting today in the fifth of seven-phase elections in Uttar Pradesh. A 57.36 per cent turnout was recorded till 5 pm across the 11 districts - including five bordering Nepal - that are voting today. In an increasingly a...

If the BJP had planned a royal vs royal battle for the Amethi assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh, it could well get that even after the Samajwadi Party announced that its Gayatri Prajapati would contest the seat and not a Congress candidate. The Congress' Ameeta Sinh, who hoped to be fielded, has said she will contest as a rebel candidate.

Union minister Smriti Irani, who defeated Congress's Rahul Gandhi in his family bastion five years ago, met what many would see as a crushing defeat in one of the key prestige battles in this Lok Sabha election.

Robert Vadra - Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's husband - has declared his backing for the party's Lok Sabha election candidate from the Gandhi family stronghold of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh.

She may not be the candidate, but senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is leading from the front when it comes to the party's campaign in two prestige seats in Uttar Pradesh - Amethi and Raebareli

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrived in Raebareli on a chartered flight this morning to file his nomination, hours after his party ended the suspense on Amethi and Raebareli, two key seats that are a prestige battle for the party.

Lok Sabha election 2024: The 2019 election marked a turning point when Smriti Irani of the BJP clinched the historic Gandhi bastion from the Congress, altering its long-standing political legacy.

Disputes over the mosque in Kashi or Varanasi and Mathura have been in the headlines in the last month with court battles being fought over the status of these mosques located right next to prominent temples.

The Narendra Modi-led BJP looked set to return to power with an overwhelming mandate as the results of the Lok Sabha elections trickled in on Thursday. Riding on a wave of nationalism spurred by the February 26 Balakot air strikes, the party made deep inroads into West Bengal and put to rest speculations that its influence was on the wane in northe...

Lok Sabha Election Results 2019: Amid a devastating outlook for the Congress as votes were counted on Thursday in the national election, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was seen driving to the home in Delhi of her brother Rahul Gandhi, the party chief.

The fifth phase of the Lok Sabha election witnesses several high-stake battles between the BJP and opposition parties, with people from 51 Lok Sabha constituencies across seven states casting their votes today to form the next government. The foremost among them is Amethi, where Congress president Rahul Gandhi will try to hold his own against the B...

A day after Congress President Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination in Amethi, after a roadshow supported by thousands of Congress workers, his opponent in the Lok Sabha elections, Union Minister Smriti Irani, was equally impressive in the battle for eyeballs as she filed her nomination for the seat after a 3-kilometre long roadshow.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today took the battle against Congress to party chief Rahul Gandhi's backyard, Amethi, where he accused the sitting parliamentarian of lies and failing to deliver on his promise of generating jobs for 1,500 people.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is hardly seen to miss an opportunity to take pot shots at the Congress that was in power at the centre for decades. Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday faulted PM Modi for this approach, commenting that this approach was a sharp contrast to former prime ministers Jawaharlal Nehru and the BJP's own Atal Behari Va...

After Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi launched a sharp attack on the NDA government and likened Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Adolf Hitler on Friday, Union Minister Smriti Irani has sent him a short stinging reply on Twitter, and a sarcastic 'thank you' note.

The Gandhi family stronghold Amethi, represented in parliament by Rahul Gandhi, and the temple town of Ayodhya are among the areas voting today in the fifth of seven-phase elections in Uttar Pradesh. A 57.36 per cent turnout was recorded till 5 pm across the 11 districts - including five bordering Nepal - that are voting today. In an increasingly a...

If the BJP had planned a royal vs royal battle for the Amethi assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh, it could well get that even after the Samajwadi Party announced that its Gayatri Prajapati would contest the seat and not a Congress candidate. The Congress' Ameeta Sinh, who hoped to be fielded, has said she will contest as a rebel candidate.