Summary:
She’s pitted against the Congress president who has won thrice from the Lok Sabha constituency regarded as a Gandhi family pocket borough. Union minister Smriti Irani filed nomination papers from Amethi on Thursday, after a road show, which followed a similar route taken by Rahul Gandhi when he submitted his own papers here on Wednesday. The road show began with prayers at the Gauriganj’s Budhanmaai temple—With agency inputs.