As Amethi goes to poll on Monday, BJP on Friday claimed that its candidate Smriti Irani has an upper hand in the seat and Congress president Rahul Gandhi was "losing steam" in his home constituency.
Addressing a Press conference here, BJP leader and Union Minister Piyush Goyal maintained that the US Gallup polls survey report has given credit to Modi-Government for making people "secure" and "safe" during its tenure.
Hitting out at the Congress, Goyal claimed that the way party was going it may touch a lower figure than what it got in last Lok Sabha poll. He, however, did not elaborate on his analysis.
The BJP leader insisted that BJP's nominee Irani was winning from Amethi and pointed to Rahul's move to contest from a second Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala. Goyal said Congress leader did good by not selecting a seat in Karnataka as he claimed that the Congress was on a losing tracking in the southern state governed by Congress-JD(S) coalition.
Goyal said Rahul had won Amethi by the margin of three lakh vote in 2009 which declined to one lakh in 2014 . He said Irani would have trounced Rahul in 2014 itself but for "our delay in announcing her name". "This time round our sister will win", he said.
Amethi votes in the fourth-phase of polling on Monday. Rahul's sister and Congress General Secretary-in-charge of Eastern Uttar Pradesh has been campaigning in Amethi as Irani alleged that Rahul was a "missing MP". Rahul has held Amethi for three consecutive times.