Amethi: BJP’s PM nominee Narendra Modi will be campaigning in the Congress-held-territory of Amethi on May 5 in support of party candidate Smriti Irani, who is contesting against Congress’ Rahul Gandhi and AAP’s Kumar Vishwas for the seat.May 5 is the last day of campaigning in the Amethi, which goes to polls on May 7.
Modi will be accompanied with other senior BJP leaders LK Advani, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley, who will campaign for Irani. Smriti Irani is challenging the Congress Vice President in his family bastion, the seat he had won in 2004 and 2009 elections with huge margins.
Arun Jaitley said senior party leaders will be campaigning for the favourite television “bahu” in the Gandhi stronghold, PTI said. BJP is giving all the push to the television actor-turned -politician for giving a tough fight to Rahul, whose campaign is being steered by his sister Priyanka Gandhi in the constituency.
Though the Congress Vice President had won the seat in 2004 and 2009 elections with huge margins, Congress had lost in three of the five assembly segments falling under Amethi Parliamentary seat during the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections in 2012.
Bureau Report
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