Kishori, what have you done, laal?' Posters slam Congress in Amethi

Key points

• The political atmosphere in Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi heated up as several posters targeting sitting MP Kishori Lal Sharma were put up across numerous locations in the district ahead of the Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi’s visit.
• Accusing Sharma of incompetence and drawing a severe comparison with the previous MP, Smriti Irani, whom Sharma defeated in the 2024 general elections by more than 1.5 lakh votes, providing a major political shocker, the posters read, “Do saal Kishori, tumne laal kya kiya?" (Kishori, what have you done in two years?)” Read Full Story Alleging that Sharma’s contribution to the constituency is limited since becoming the MP, the posters further read that in the last two years, the Congress leader was only able to provide a school bus run by a local Congress leader and an ambulance to a hospital, which is operated by a trust linked to him.
• Several other posters also...