Surendra Singh, a close political aide of Amethi’s newly elected MP Smriti Irani, who was killed within a day of the Lok Sabha election results were declared, fell victim to local political rivalry, police said.
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Two days after BJP’s Smriti Irani pulled off the biggest upset in Lok Sabha election by beating Congress president Rahul Gandhi in Amethi, her close associate from the constituency, Surendra Singh, was shot dead at his residence.
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Priyanka Gandhi broke her silence on not contesting against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asserted that she did not “pull out of Varanasi”. She said it was a decision that her party took and she had to abide by that.
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The ministry of home affairs sent a notice to Congress president Rahul Gandhi seeking a response to charges that he held “British" citizenship, leaving the party angered at the allegation.
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Priyanka Gandhi, Congress general secretary in charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh, on Monday, lashed out Union minister Smriti Irani for distributing shoes to the common people of Amethi. Priyanka said Irani has disrespected the people of Amethi.
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The Congress, during a media interaction, alleged that a laser was pointed at party chief Rahul Gandhi’s head which could have come from a “sniper rifle”. However, the Centre said the light came from a mobile phone.
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Congress president Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday, filed his nomination from the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala. Gandhi is also contesting from Amethi, his old constituency in Uttar Pradesh.
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In addition to Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi, the Congress, on Sunday, announced the party president, Rahul Gandhi, will also contest from Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, in Kerala. The decision infuriated the Left.
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BJP announced its first list of candidates for the Lok Sabha election declaring that Smriti Irani will contest from Amethi against Rahul Gandhi.
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Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who is on two-day tour of his parliamentary constitution in Amethi, was welcomed by his supporters as “Shiv bhakt” amid chants of “Bumm Bumm Bole!”
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