Union Minister Smriti Irani has been fielded by the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) from Amethi, after defeating Congress leader Rahul Gandhi by 55,000 votes in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Irani, a former textiles minister and current Minister of Women and Child Development, expressed gratitude to the party and vowed to maintain the pace of development in the Uttar Pradesh constituency.