Competing against Congress’ KL Sharma, Former Union Minister Smriti Irani lost by a margin of 1,67,196 votes. Smriti Irani suffered a massive defeat in her constituency. The people of her constituency highlighted various factors that led to the actor-turned-politician’s election debacle.
14 June,2024 12:27 PM IST
Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: In the Amethi Lok Sabha Elections, Congress candidate Kishori Lal Sharma secured victory over BJP's Smriti Irani, loyal to the Gandhi Family, by a significant margin of 167,196 votes. Irani graciously acknowledged her defeat, pledging to persist in serving Amethi's populace. Following her concession, Irani convened with BJP supporters in Amethi, where emotions ran high, witnessing tears shed by party members in response to the substantial defeat suffered at the hands of the Congress contender.
05 June,2024 11:20 AM IST
Smriti Irani speaking exclusively with ANI, slammed the Congress party over Gandhi family’s treatment of Maneka Gandhi, alleging that she was "stripped and assaulted" when she contested against Rajiv Gandhi from Amethi. Maneka Gandhi, the wife of late Congress leader Sanjay Gandhi was reportedly keen on contesting from her husband's seat Amethi after his death. In 1984, she contested from the seat against Rajiv Gandhi in 1984. However, she lost by a huge margin and ended up losing her deposit."When Maneka Gandhi contested against the Gandhi family from here (Amethi)...a young widow with a young child...literally she is stripped, she is assaulted. And the message goes in the region, that if we didn't leave her, how will we spare you?" Irani said. "This whole subset, that is so enamoured by the giggling Gandhis, they don't realize the muck, violence, torture, they are capable of. Beneath that sheen, is so much of dirt," she added.
19 May,2024 11:28 AM IST
Amid the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections 2024, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on May 03 reacted to the questions from the ruling party BJP over his candidature. He claimed that no national media talked about his questions regarding Prajwal Revanna's obscene video case but only talked about his contesting from Amethi/Raebareli. Now that he is contesting from Raebareli, they are silent, he claimed. “No national media talked about this (question on Prajwal Revanna's obscene video case) but only talked about me contesting from Amethi/Raebareli. Now that I am contesting from Raebareli, they are all silent,” said Rahul Gandhi.
04 May,2024 12:26 PM ISTADVERTISEMENT
