Lok Sabha Election Result 2024: Smriti Irani, 2019 Giant Slayer, Loses Amethi To Gandhi Family Loyalist KL Sharma | ABP News

 After months of intense campaigning, challenging the Opposition, levelling accusations, and taking confident strides, Union Minister Smriti Irani has lost the Amethi seat to Congress's Kishori Lal Sharma. The firebrand BJP leader lost the seat by over 1.5 lakh votes.

Conceding defeat, Smriti Irani said: "Congratulations to those who have won the elections today. Hope they will work for the people in the same way as we have heard their problems. I express my gratitude to Modiji and Yogiji and thank all BJP workers."

Smriti Irani, who had challenged Rahul Gandhi to face her, got a surprise when Congress decided to field a debutant, KL Sharma, against her. The Congress pulled off a strategic gamble by moving Rahul Gandhi from his traditional seat to Sonia Gandhi's bastion Raebareli. Irani had then said that Rahul Gandhi was "running away".