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In a rare gesture, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has made an appeal on social media asking people to refrain from "being nasty" towards former Union Minister Smriti Irani, who had defeated him in Amethi with a margin of over 55,000 votes in 2019.

KL Sharma, the 62-year-old Gandhi family loyalist, who created history in Amethi with his massive victory over Union minister Smriti Irani, is a reticent man.

BJP heavyweights Smriti Irani, Arjun Munda and Ajay Mishra Teni, among others, were unseated in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

The debate will continue in the coming days over which of these four pillars caved in and by how much. But one fact has been cemented yet again: there is a 'sell-by' date for every product.

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.

Voters from 49 constituencies across six states and two Union Territories voted in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha polls today.

Voting in 49 constituencies across 6 states and 2 Union Territories to decide the fates of many key leaders was held today -- Union Ministers and party chiefs. Among those in fray are Smriti Irani, Rahul Gandhi, Chirag Paswan and Omar Abdullah.

Polling for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha election began today with voting taking place in 49 seats across six states and the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

Voting for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, which will decide the fate of four Union ministers, including Rajnath Singh and Smriti Irani, and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, will be held on Monday.

Going just by the number of constituencies, Phase 5 of the Lok Sabha elections may seem like the least important one because only 49 seats will be voting. One look at some of names included in the list, however, reveals how important the phase is.

Rahul Gandhi chose not to fight from Amethi because doing so would have been tough and the contest in the constituency is a reflection of the work she has done for five years and his "absence" of 15 years, Union Minister Smriti Irani has said.

Elections in Amethi are unfolding like a slow-burn Alfred Hitchcock thriller with BJP's high-profile Smriti Irani and the relatively unknown Kishori Lal Sharma of the Congress locked in a fierce contest heading towards a difficult to predict climax.

Union Minister Smriti Irani questioned Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after the latter accepted an invitation to debate Prime Minister Narendra Modi on crucial election issues.

Gearing for his big poll fight against Union Minister Smriti Irani in Amethi, Congress candidate Kishori Lal Sharma said he still wants party leaders Rahul Gandhi or Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to contest from the prestige seat

Congress's Rahul Gandhi has shifted to Raebareli, leaving Amethi to family loyalist and leader KL Sharma. But he was the opponent that's being targeted by the BJP's Union minister Smriti Irani -- the sitting MP of Amethi.

In a rare gesture, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has made an appeal on social media asking people to refrain from "being nasty" towards former Union Minister Smriti Irani, who had defeated him in Amethi with a margin of over 55,000 votes in 2019.

KL Sharma, the 62-year-old Gandhi family loyalist, who created history in Amethi with his massive victory over Union minister Smriti Irani, is a reticent man.

BJP heavyweights Smriti Irani, Arjun Munda and Ajay Mishra Teni, among others, were unseated in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

The debate will continue in the coming days over which of these four pillars caved in and by how much. But one fact has been cemented yet again: there is a 'sell-by' date for every product.

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.

Voters from 49 constituencies across six states and two Union Territories voted in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha polls today.

Voting in 49 constituencies across 6 states and 2 Union Territories to decide the fates of many key leaders was held today -- Union Ministers and party chiefs. Among those in fray are Smriti Irani, Rahul Gandhi, Chirag Paswan and Omar Abdullah.

Polling for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha election began today with voting taking place in 49 seats across six states and the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

Voting for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, which will decide the fate of four Union ministers, including Rajnath Singh and Smriti Irani, and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, will be held on Monday.

Going just by the number of constituencies, Phase 5 of the Lok Sabha elections may seem like the least important one because only 49 seats will be voting. One look at some of names included in the list, however, reveals how important the phase is.

Rahul Gandhi chose not to fight from Amethi because doing so would have been tough and the contest in the constituency is a reflection of the work she has done for five years and his "absence" of 15 years, Union Minister Smriti Irani has said.

Elections in Amethi are unfolding like a slow-burn Alfred Hitchcock thriller with BJP's high-profile Smriti Irani and the relatively unknown Kishori Lal Sharma of the Congress locked in a fierce contest heading towards a difficult to predict climax.

Union Minister Smriti Irani questioned Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after the latter accepted an invitation to debate Prime Minister Narendra Modi on crucial election issues.

Gearing for his big poll fight against Union Minister Smriti Irani in Amethi, Congress candidate Kishori Lal Sharma said he still wants party leaders Rahul Gandhi or Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to contest from the prestige seat

Congress's Rahul Gandhi has shifted to Raebareli, leaving Amethi to family loyalist and leader KL Sharma. But he was the opponent that's being targeted by the BJP's Union minister Smriti Irani -- the sitting MP of Amethi.