In February, seven SP legislators voted for the BJP nominees in the Rayja Sabha poll. Rakesh Pratap Singh, one of the seven SP MLAs, voted for the BJP in the Rajya Sabha polls. He is an MLA from Gauriganj assembly seat in Amethi Lok Sabha constituency.
Kishori Lal Sharma, Congress leader and a Member of Parliament (MP) from Uttar Pradesh's Amethi, on Saturday, backed party MP Rahul Gandhi's remarks on former Amethi MP and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Smriti Irani, in which he targeted the trollers using derogatory languages against
Union Minister and BJP candidate from Amethi Lok Sabha seat Smriti Irani launched a scathing attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) following recent revelations from the Delhi High Court regarding corruption allegations against Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister, Manish Sisodia.
Voting across 49 parliamentary constituencies spread over six states and two Union Territories (UTs) amid tight security and arrangements began on Monday morning.
Voting across 49 parliamentary constituencies spread over six states and two Union Territories (UTs) amid tight security and arrangements began on Monday morning.
Amethi has been a stronghold of the Congress party for decades, until Bharatiya Janata Party leader Smriti Irani won the Lok Sabha elections in 2019 against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, ending the Gandhi family's stint there.
Irani met shopkeepers and people while campaigning at Amethi Bazar and appealed to them to exercise their franchise. The Union Minister was also offered lassi from the Ashrafi Lal Lassi Corner, which she visited in 2021.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Sunday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has handed over nation's wealth in the few selected hands adding that the demonetisation scheme implemented in 2016 troubled a lot of small businesses and women in the country.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi reacting to former Congress leader Acharya Pramod Krishnam's statement over Sam Pitroda's remark said Krishnam is speaking language Union Minister and BJP candidate Smriti Irani to defend her fearing her defeat on Amethi Lok sabha seat.
Union Minister and BJP candidate from Amethi Lok Sabha seat Smriti Irani said that people in the constituency understood that development is possible when the leader has good character and the government has clarity in its policies.