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MyNation’s ground report revealed that a large section of electorate in Amethi believe that Sharma’s entry would also unveil the politics of ‘note-for-vote’ this polling season.

Congress has chosen Kerala’s Wayanad seat for its president sensing several factors that are going against him in the Gandhi family bastion

Karnataka BJP president BS Yeddyurappa spoke exclusively to MyNation about AgustaWestland scam, dynasty politics of the JDS, Rahul Gandhi's candidature in Wayanad and more

Here is why choosing Wayanad as Plan B might just boomerang for Rahul Gandhi, who is likely to lose Amethi too, considering the drop in vote share over the years. 

The political angle being Rahul Gandhi choosing Wayanad as his second seat would seem to confirm what the party's critics have been alleging: Congress is set to lose badly in UP and that even Amethi, its traditional pocket borough, cannot be considered a sure-shot winner
 

AICC president Rahul Gandhi will now contest from Amethi and Wayanad, confirmed the party. With the margin of victory against Smriti Irani in 2014 far less substantial than before, it looks like Amethi will be too close to call this time around

Listing the exercises he does for the chest, Poonawalla explains how, whereas Amethi in Uttar Pradesh has been a bastion of the Congress, represented by the Dynasty since Rajiv Gandhi's time, the margin of victory of Rahul Gandhi from this seat reduced successively in 2004, 2009 and 2014

Haji Haroon Rasheed, son of Haji Sultan Khan who was the proposer in the nominations of Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, could part with a large number of Muslim votes, making Smriti Irani’s challenge to Rahul Gandhi Herculean.
 

After all the parties contesting in the 2019 elections have released their list of candidates, there are a few where the battle assumes more substantial importance. The sheer fact that the stakes are higher, the anticipation makes some battles more consequential than the others.

While there is no surprise in repeating Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi, Amit Shah replacing LK Advani in Gandhinagar is significant. Several ministers and sitting MPs have been renominated except in Chhattisgarh. Smriti Irani, who had in 2014 remarkably reduced Rahul Gandhi's victory margin when compared to his 2009 figures, if fighting the Congress president again in Amethi. Read on for the rest of the list.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi will be contesting from Uttar Pradesh's Amethi in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections

Either these have been bastions of parties and families or they are important because of their prominence in the nation’s geography. Read on to know the five seats and why they will be keenly watched.

Gandhi’s attack came a day after Modi accused Gandhi of "lying" and ignoring the ordnance factory in Amethi, and had a dig at him, saying the rifles manufactured at the unit will be known as "Made in Amethi"

Developing Uttar Pradesh has been part of Modi’s big plans since he won the general election in 2014, largely buoyed by the BJP getting 71 out of 80 seats in the state

The 'Made in India' AK-203 rifle plant will not only be a boon for the security forces, but the fact that it is located in the Gandhi bastion of Amethi is expected to deliver big gains to the BJP in the upcoming general election