Amethi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday sent a team to Amethi to find out the reason for his shocking defeat to BJP leader Smriti Irani from the parliamentary constituency which was considered a stronghold of the Nehru-Gandhi family. The team comprises of AICC secretary Zubair Khan and Congress’ Raebareli in-charge KL Sharma.
Both the leaders have been asked to give a report for the reason for the loss, said a senior party functionary from Amethi. Sharma was looking after Amethi Lok Sabha seat till 2009 when he was replaced by Chandrakant, a party worker from Madhya Pradesh. He now manages Raebareli parliamentary seat, which is UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s constituency.
Lok Sabha elections, Rahul lost to Irani by over 55,000 votes from Amethi seat.
