{"id":2307,"date":"2024-05-16T14:43:35","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T09:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readnownews.in\/?p=2307"},"modified":"2026-02-26T00:42:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T19:12:34","slug":"smriti-irani-declares-priyanka-gandhi-vadra-as-her-real-opponent-in-amethi1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readnownews.in\/en\/smriti-irani-declares-priyanka-gandhi-vadra-as-her-real-opponent-in-amethi1\/","title":{"rendered":"Smriti Irani Declares Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as Her Real Opponent in Amethi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the upcoming Lok Sabha elections,\u00a0<strong>Smriti Irani<\/strong>, the Union minister and BJP\u2019s Lok Sabha candidate from Uttar Pradesh\u2019s Amethi, has declared that her\u00a0<strong>real challenger<\/strong>\u00a0in the constituency is\u00a0<strong>Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra<\/strong>.\u00a0Despite the Congress fielding Gandhi family loyalist Kishori Lal Sharma against Irani, the sitting Amethi MP, Irani believes that Priyanka is the one to watch out for.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgeng.jagran.com\/images\/2024\/05\/16\/article\/image\/Smriti-1715833480327.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imgeng.jagran.com\/images\/2024\/05\/16\/article\/image\/Smriti-1715833480327.jpg\" alt=\"Smriti Irani, the Union minister and BJP\u2019s Lok Sabha candidate from Uttar Pradesh\u2019s Amethi,.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smriti Irani, the Union minister and BJP\u2019s Lok Sabha candidate from Uttar Pradesh\u2019s Amethi,.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;I do not want to indulge in juvenile politics,\u201d the incumbent Amethi MP told News18 when asked about Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s decision to contest from nearby Rae Bareli instead of his former constituency and his sister not making her electoral debut despite much speculation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mt10 mb10 storybtwTxt\">Unlock exclusive access to the latest<\/div>\n<h2>The Battle of Gandhis for Amethi<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 3840px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bsmedia.business-standard.com\/_media\/bs\/img\/article\/2024-05\/03\/full\/1714733071-1851.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bsmedia.business-standard.com\/_media\/bs\/img\/article\/2024-05\/03\/full\/1714733071-1851.jpg\" alt=\"Congress's Amethi candidate Kishori Lal Sharma with party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2806\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Congress&#8217;s Amethi candidate Kishori Lal Sharma with party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Amethi has been a high-profile battleground for decades, with both Amethi and Rae Bareli being synonymous with the Gandhis. Here\u2019s a brief overview:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rahul Gandhi<\/strong>: In 2014, Rahul Gandhi won from Amethi by a margin of 1.07 lakh votes. However, in 2019, Smriti Irani defeated him, ending his winning streak. Rahul also contested from Kerala\u2019s Wayanad and won, maintaining his status as a Member of Parliament (MP).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sonia Gandhi<\/strong>: The siblings\u2019 mother, Sonia Gandhi, represented Rae Bareli and won five consecutive elections from there. She recently vacated the seat and moved to the Rajya Sabha.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Priyanka Gandhi Vadra<\/strong>: Priyanka has been campaigning extensively for both Amethi and Rae Bareli.\u00a0While she fights from the backstage in Amethi, her brother Rahul stands from Wayanad and Rae Bareli.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Smriti Irani\u2019s Take<\/h2>\n<p>Smriti Irani has taken a dig at Priyanka, stating that at least Rahul fought from the front in 2014. She believes that Priyanka\u2019s role is more behind-the-scenes.\u00a0Irani\u2019s victory in 2019 marked a significant shift in the political landscape of Amethi, and this time, she is ready for another intense battle against the Gandhis.<\/p>\n<p>As the election season unfolds, all eyes will be on Amethi to see whether Priyanka Gandhi Vadra can prove herself as a formidable opponent or if Smriti Irani will retain her seat in this high-stakes contest.<\/p>\n<p>Both constituencies will poll in the fifth phase on May 20. Rae Bareli, the ruling BJP, has given a ticket to Uttar Pradesh minister Dinesh Pratap Singh, who lost to Sonia Gandhi in 2019, though he managed to reduce the victory margin significantly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For More News Update Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/readnownews.in\/en\/\">Read Now News<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the upcoming Lok Sabha elections,\u00a0Smriti Irani, the Union minister and BJP\u2019s Lok Sabha candidate from Uttar Pradesh\u2019s Amethi, has declared that her\u00a0real challenger\u00a0in the constituency is\u00a0Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.\u00a0Despite the Congress fielding Gandhi family loyalist Kishori Lal Sharma against Irani, the sitting Amethi MP, Irani believes that Priyanka is the one to [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,1,12,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","category-blog","category-home","category-trending"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/readnownews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/readnownews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/readnownews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readnownews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readnownews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2307"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/readnownews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2309,"href":"https:\/\/readnownews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2307\/revisions\/2309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readnownews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/readnownews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readnownews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readnownews.in\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}