Rahul Gandhi Amethi

Polling for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha election began today with voting taking place in 49 seats across six states and the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

Voting for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, which will decide the fate of four Union ministers, including Rajnath Singh and Smriti Irani, and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, will be held on Monday.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday attended a joint public rally in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi to campaign for Congress and INDIA bloc candidate KL Sharma.

Rahul Gandhi chose not to fight from Amethi because doing so would have been tough and the contest in the constituency is a reflection of the work she has done for five years and his "absence" of 15 years, Union Minister Smriti Irani has said.

Elections in Amethi are unfolding like a slow-burn Alfred Hitchcock thriller with BJP's high-profile Smriti Irani and the relatively unknown Kishori Lal Sharma of the Congress locked in a fierce contest heading towards a difficult to predict climax.

Personae and political styles came into sharp relief when Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi filed their nominations for the Lok Sabha elections in two Uttar Pradesh seats.

Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday shared a video showing the two senior Congress leaders looking at their old family pictures and remembering their visits to family bastions Raebareli and Amethi in Uttar Pradesh.

Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said he has an emotional family relationship with the people and will stand by both Amethi and Rae Bareli whenever required.

The BJP's Rae Bareli candidate Dinesh Pratap Singh has accused the Gandhi family of harbouring "hatred" for Rae Bareli and Amethi, and asked why they did not field a local leader from these seats.

Gearing for his big poll fight against Union Minister Smriti Irani in Amethi, Congress candidate Kishori Lal Sharma said he still wants party leaders Rahul Gandhi or Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to contest from the prestige seat

Congress's Rahul Gandhi has shifted to Raebareli, leaving Amethi to family loyalist and leader KL Sharma. But he was the opponent that's being targeted by the BJP's Union minister Smriti Irani -- the sitting MP of Amethi.

Calling himself a "servant" of the Gandhi family, Congress's Amethi candidate Kishori Lal Sharma today called the constituency Amethi a legacy of Rahui Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra that he will return to them whenever they ask him to.

Politically, the Congres's move has provided ammunition to the BJP to target the Gandhi family and the Congress.

Congress spokesperson Jairam Ramesh has described Rahul Gandhi as a 'shatir' (expert) 'shatranj ke khiladi' (chess player) while announcing the party's decision to field him from Raebareli.

Dripping confidence after the Congress decided not to field Rahul Gandhi against her in Amethi, Union Minister Smriti Irani has said this is a sign of the Congress conceding the 79th out of Uttar Pradesh's 80 Lok Sabha seats to the BJP.

Polling for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha election began today with voting taking place in 49 seats across six states and the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

Voting for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, which will decide the fate of four Union ministers, including Rajnath Singh and Smriti Irani, and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, will be held on Monday.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday attended a joint public rally in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi to campaign for Congress and INDIA bloc candidate KL Sharma.

Rahul Gandhi chose not to fight from Amethi because doing so would have been tough and the contest in the constituency is a reflection of the work she has done for five years and his "absence" of 15 years, Union Minister Smriti Irani has said.

Elections in Amethi are unfolding like a slow-burn Alfred Hitchcock thriller with BJP's high-profile Smriti Irani and the relatively unknown Kishori Lal Sharma of the Congress locked in a fierce contest heading towards a difficult to predict climax.

Personae and political styles came into sharp relief when Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi filed their nominations for the Lok Sabha elections in two Uttar Pradesh seats.

Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday shared a video showing the two senior Congress leaders looking at their old family pictures and remembering their visits to family bastions Raebareli and Amethi in Uttar Pradesh.

Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said he has an emotional family relationship with the people and will stand by both Amethi and Rae Bareli whenever required.

The BJP's Rae Bareli candidate Dinesh Pratap Singh has accused the Gandhi family of harbouring "hatred" for Rae Bareli and Amethi, and asked why they did not field a local leader from these seats.

Gearing for his big poll fight against Union Minister Smriti Irani in Amethi, Congress candidate Kishori Lal Sharma said he still wants party leaders Rahul Gandhi or Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to contest from the prestige seat

Congress's Rahul Gandhi has shifted to Raebareli, leaving Amethi to family loyalist and leader KL Sharma. But he was the opponent that's being targeted by the BJP's Union minister Smriti Irani -- the sitting MP of Amethi.

Calling himself a "servant" of the Gandhi family, Congress's Amethi candidate Kishori Lal Sharma today called the constituency Amethi a legacy of Rahui Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra that he will return to them whenever they ask him to.

Politically, the Congres's move has provided ammunition to the BJP to target the Gandhi family and the Congress.

Congress spokesperson Jairam Ramesh has described Rahul Gandhi as a 'shatir' (expert) 'shatranj ke khiladi' (chess player) while announcing the party's decision to field him from Raebareli.

Dripping confidence after the Congress decided not to field Rahul Gandhi against her in Amethi, Union Minister Smriti Irani has said this is a sign of the Congress conceding the 79th out of Uttar Pradesh's 80 Lok Sabha seats to the BJP.