Amethi, March 22 -- An intense battle of ballots, round two, is on the cards in Amethi, when Congress president Rahul Gandhi would take on Union textile minister Smriti Irani in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, in the changed scenario than 2014.
Ms Irani had unsuccessfully contested against Gandhi in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and had lost by around one lakh votes, but was seen to have put up a spirited fight. The Congress has earlier announced the candidature of Gandhi from Amethi.
Just after her name was announced as a candidate from Amethi, Ms Irani said on Friday that the "writing is on the wall for Rahul Gandhi".
Dubbing the fight ''one between a Kaamdar and Naamdar,'' she claimed that while Rahul Gandhi never found the time to...