Smriti Irani has been renominated from the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency from where Rahul Gandhi is contesting the election. This is the second time that she has been pitted against the Congress president. read more

Both these villages – Baraulia in 2015 followed by Hariharpur in 2017 – were adopted by Parrikar, the then defence minister, after he became a Rajya Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh. read more

The Congress is free to field candidates in all 80 Lok Sabha seats in UP, Mayawati said on Twitter, exuding confidence that the coalition of the BSP, SP and the RLD would be able to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which won 71 of the 80 Lok... read more

The BJP’s main target was Amethi, a constituency created in 1967, represented by the Congress for 44 years and by the Gandhis for 28 years. read more

The BJP is targeting Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s Amethi seat and Azamgarh from where Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Singh Yadav is expected to contest. read more

Even as the Congress has begun declaring candidates for Uttar Pradesh seats, it’s back-channelled talks with UP alliance to find a place in it continues. read more

Congress leaders suggest that candidates had been named for the 11 seats which are considered A-listers where the party had clear candidates. read more

Congress on Thursday released a first list of 11 candidates, including Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls from UP at a time functionaries say back-channel talks are on over joining the SP-BSP (BSP)... read more

Post Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement in Amethi on March 3 of gifting an AK 203 rifle factory, any question about their period of posting or hours of work at the factory is met with a loaded smile. read more

Akhilesh Yadav chief asserted that the Congress was “very much in the alliance”. “We have left two seats (Amethi and Rae Bareli) for the party,” he said. read more

Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused PM Modi of “lying” to the people of Amethi, and said the ordnance factory in the Congress president’s constituency, where the PM on Sunday launched an India-Russia joint venture for production of AK-203 rifles, was already... read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday stormed into Amethi with a slew of projects for Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s Lok Sabha constituency. read more

Congress leader Nadeem Ashraf \'Jaisi\' said the Gandhis shared a familial bond with Amethi and this time the victory margin of the party chief would be bigger than before. read more

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Prime Minister Modi on Sunday stormed the Lok Sabha constituency of Rahul Gandhi, attacking the Congress on development and national security issues. read more

At Amethi, Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s constituency, he roused the crowd with nationalistic and patriotic slogans before his speech. In Patna, he accused the Congress and other opposition parties of demoralising security forces and playing right... read more