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Smriti Irani Returns to Amethi in Bid to Reconnect After Lok Sabha Defeat

The trip highlights her emphasis on welfare outreach as she seeks to rebuild support after electoral defeat.

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Overview

  • Irani made her first visit to Amethi on May 26 since losing the seat in last year’s Lok Sabha polls, attending a day-long programme in her former constituency.
  • She took part in a birth centenary seminar for Ahilyabai Holkar at Ranjay Inter College in Gauriganj and reaffirmed what she called a familial bond with local residents.
  • The former MP met the family of Bal Chandra Kaushal, who drowned in the Ganga, offering condolences and promising to secure government compensation.
  • Highlighting ‘double-engine’ BJP governance, she credited the Modi administration with restarting army recruitment—benefiting some 10,000 local youth—and pointed to projects like a Sainik School, Kendriya Vidyalaya, medical college and a rifle factory supplying 33,000 arms.
  • District authorities placed several Youth Congress leaders under house arrest during her visit, reflecting heightened political tensions ahead of the next election cycle.