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Smriti Irani meets Amethi BJP leaders ahead of polls
Smriti Irani is a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
She met BJP leaders from Amethi to discuss the party’s upcoming work.
The party is preparing for assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.
Irani said workers should help connect people with government schemes and party programmes.
She also said that regular meetings and cooperation would make the organisation stronger.
Irani had won the Amethi parliamentary seat in 2019.
She lost the seat in the 2024 election to Congress candidate Kishori Lal Sharma.
The meeting took place soon after she became a national general secretary of the BJP.
Smriti Irani met office-bearers of the Amethi district BJP executive at the party headquarters.
The meeting focused on upcoming party programmes and preparations for Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.
Irani said the BJP aims to connect people with organisational programmes and government schemes from booth to mandal levels.
She stressed monthly activities, worker participation, dialogue and coordination to strengthen the organisation.
Irani lost the 2024 Amethi Lok Sabha election to Congress candidate Kishori Lal Sharma after defeating Rahul Gandhi there in 2019.
- Who
- BJP national general secretary Smriti Irani and office-bearers of the Amethi district BJP executive.
- What
- They discussed upcoming party programmes, organisational strengthening and preparations for Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.
- Where
- At the BJP headquarters in New Delhi.
- When
- August 26, shortly after Irani’s appointment as a BJP national general secretary on August 17.
- Why
- To prepare for the upcoming electoral contest and strengthen the party organisation from the booth to mandal levels.
Key facts
- Meeting participant
- Smriti Irani
- District represented
- Amethi, Uttar Pradesh
- Meeting location
- BJP headquarters, New Delhi
- Upcoming contest
- Uttar Pradesh assembly polls
- BJP appointment
- National general secretary on August 17
- 2019 Amethi result
- Irani defeated Rahul Gandhi by more than 55,000 votes
- 2024 Amethi result
- Irani lost to Kishori Lal Sharma by more than 1.67 lakh votes
Quotes
Smriti Irani
BJP national general secretary and former Union minister
“To continuously strengthen the organisation, this journey will continue to move forward at an uninterrupted pace only by maintaining active participation in monthly activities and fostering mutual dialogue and coordination with the workers.”
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“At the BJP headquarters today, I held discussions with the office-bearers of the Amethi district BJP executive regarding the organisation’s upcoming programmes.”
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