During the last elections, the contest in Amethi grabbed national attention as Rahul Gandhi, faced a tough challenge from BJP leader Smriti Irani. Smriti emerged victorious with a significant margin of over one lakh votes.
KL Sharma to News18: "I am no paratrooper. I have given the most productive years of my life to Amethi.Rajiv Gandhi ne mujhe dedh block ka in-charge banaya tha.Then I got one state Assembly seat, then three, then one Parliament seat and so on. I'm sure that I will defeat Smriti Irani."
KL Sharma, who is originally from Punjab’s Ludhiana, took over the reins in 1983 but it was after Rajiv Gandhi’s death that he became Sonia Gandhi’s trusted lieutenant, ensuring whatever she wanted was delivered in Amethi and Raebareli
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hit out at the Congress party for fielding its leader Rahul Gandhi from Rae Bareli seat instead of Amethi, which he lost to BJP leader Smriti Irani in 2019
It would be the first time in 25 years that a Gandhi family member will not be contesting from Amethi, a seat that Rahul Gandhi lost to BJP s Smriti Irani in the 2019 general election by a margin of about 55,000 votes