The BJP on Thursday released its first list of candidates for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, naming Smriti Irani as the party's candidate from Uttar Pradesh's Amethi. A Congress bastion for decades, the listing squarely sets Smriti Irani up for a second fight with party chief Rahul Gandhi.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the district saw an intense battle between Mr Gandhi and Ms Irani. Though Ms Irani lost to the Congress leader, her entry reduced Rahul Gandhi's victory margin from some 3.70 lakh votes in 2009 to 1.07 lakh in 2014.
Since then, she has visited the constituency several times, accusing the Congress chief of treating the constituency as a vote bank and not investing in its progress.
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The BJP on Thursday released its first list of candidates for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, naming Smriti Irani as the party's candidate from Uttar Pradesh's Amethi. A Congress bastion for decades, the listing squarely sets Smriti Irani up for a second fight with party chief Rahul Gandhi. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the district saw an intense battle between Mr Gandhi and Ms Irani. Though Ms Irani lost to the Congress leader, her entry reduced Rahul Gandhi's victory margin from some 3.70 lakh votes in 2009 to 1.07 lakh in 2014. Since then, she has visited the constituency several times, accusing the Congress chief of treating the constituency as a vote bank and not investing in its progress.