The incident comes exactly a month after former Barauliya village head Surendra Singh, an aide of union minister and local MP Smriti Irani, was gunned down in the same Lok Sabha constituency.
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Rahul Gandhi lost as SP-BSP votes went to BJP in Amethi: Congress
Rahul Gandhi had lost in four assembly segments of Amethi and the margin of defeat was highest (18,000 votes) in Gauriganj. He led in Amethi but trailed in Tiloi, Jagdishpur and Salon Assembly segments.
Amethi: District Congress President Yogendra Misra quits
Lucknow: Yogendra Misra, the district President of the Congress in Amethi in Uttar Pradesh, has sent his resignation to party President Rahul Gandhi, owning moral responsibility for Gandhi’s defeat. Misra, in a letter, said that it was his responsibility to ensure the Congress victory in Amethi and he had failed[Read More…]
Congress MLC Deepak Singh attacked during TV debate in Amethi
Amethi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters attacked Congress MLC Deepak Singh on a live debate on a TV news channel in Uttar Pradesh here. The incident occurred late on Thursday when the Congress MLC was replying to a question and the BJP leaders objected. The two sides got into a[Read More…]
Jolt to BJP, Smiri Irani aide Ravi Dutt Mishra joins Congress
Ravi Dutt Mishra, who was previously a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and then the Samajwadi Party, joined the opposition Congress party on Thursday in the presence of Congress general secretary UP (East), Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Mishra is the latest in a string of ministers who have changed sides before the poll[Read More…]
Congress alleges ‘laser gun’ aimed at Rahul Gandhi during Amethi rally
Congress leaders in a letter to Home Minister Rajnath Singh have alleged that a laser, probably from a sniper gun, was aimed at Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s head during his visit to Amethi in Uttar Pradesh to file his nomination this week. Alleging breach in party president Rahul Gandhi’s security in Uttar Pradesh, three[Read More…]
Dangal 2019: Riding on Amethi work, Smriti Irani a tough challenge to Rahul Gandhi
By Anand Singh Amethi: It’s 5 p.m. and BJP workers have started gathering at the Alok Dhaba in Gauriganj, the district headquarters of the high-profile Amethi Lok Sabha constituency, to discuss the achievements of Union Minister Smriti Irani, who despite losing in 2014, has left no stone unturned for the[Read More…]
Who is going to win Uttar Pradesh? It’s not BJP
Uttar Pradesh, with its 80 Lok Sabha seats remains crucial to BJP’s plans to return to power in 2019. In 2014, with 73 seats out of 80 in Uttar Pradesh, it managed to form a single-party majority Government after 1984. Is BJP going to repeat its performance in 2019? Bua-[Read More…]
BSP-SP announce tie up for LS polls, keep Congress out of it
Lucknow, Arch rivals for over 25 years, the BSP and SP announced on Saturday that they will contest the coming Lok Sabha polls together in Uttar Pradesh sharing 38 seats each of the 80 in the state, while leaving Rae Bareli and Amethi for Congress, which has been kept out[Read More…]
Smriti Irani announces sops for Amethi, targets Rahul
Amethi: Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani on Monday announced sops for Amethi, the parliamentary constituency of Congress President Rahul Gandhi. Targeting the Congress leader, she said he was bluffing all along, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of wrong-doings while he himself could not ring in development in his own parliamentary[Read More…]
Three killed in UP dust storm
Lucknow: Three people were killed after a dust storm hit Uttar Pradesh, police said on Saturday. One person was killed after a wooden shaft collapsed on him in Gonda while two labourers died in Azamgarh when the roof of an under-construction building fell on them. The deaths took place on[Read More…]
Posters in Amethi depict Congress president Rahul Gandhi as Lord Rama
Lucknow: As Rahul Gandhi is set to make the first trip to his parliamentary constituency as the Congress president on Monday, posters eulogising him as an incarnation of Lord Rama slaying Prime Minister Narendra Modi, portrayed as the ten-headed demon king Ravan, have appeared at various places in Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi[Read More…]
Bomb found on Akal Takht Express train in Amethi
In a shocking incident, the passengers of Akal Takht Express train were in a panic on Thursday after the recovery of ‘suspicious object’ from the AC-B3 coach of train number 12317. This caused the train to halt at Akbarganj Railway Station near Amethi in Uttar Pradesh. The Bomb Disposal Squad[Read More…]
Amethi: Women to get toilets as gifts this Raksha Bandhan
To make the open defecation free campaign successful and create awareness about sanitation in Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi, the Zila Swachchhata Samiti (district committee for sanitation) has started a programme “Anokhi Amethi Ka Anokha Bhai”. As part of this programme, brothers in this district have decided to give toilets as a[Read More…]
HC stalls Irani’s move to shutdown vocational centre for women
Just when the Union Textile Affairs Minister Smriti Irani and the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh Government was trying to shut down the Jais vocational centre, the High Court of Allahabad (Lucknow Bench), on Thursday passed interim orders that will allow the Vocational Training Centre in Amethi, to continue its activities. The[Read More…]
Smriti Irani says Rahul Gandhi has no time for Amethi people
Taking a jibe at Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, Union Minister Smriti Irani on Sunday said that the Amethi MP has no time for the people of his constituency. She also alleged the Congress family for not doing enough for the district. She addressing a bakery training programme on the[Read More…]
Congress lashes out at Smriti Irani who attacked Priyanka Gandhi for not campaigning in Amethi
The Congress on Friday lashed out at the Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani who attacked Priyanka Gandhi over not campaigning in Amethi so far, asking the minister to stay out of its campaign plans as it was “none of her business.” While taking a dig at Congress top brass, Irani[Read More…]