A total of 51 constituencies in seven states — Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Jammu and Kashmir — vote on Monday in the fifth phase, which has the fewest seats polling in this year’s Lok Sabha elections. With this phase, voting will get over in Jammu & Kashmir. Here are some big names whose fate will be decided on Monday:
Union textile minister Smriti Irani Telegraph file picture
Rahul Gandhi vs Smriti Irani
The Congress president is defending his family fief, Amethi, against the Union textile minister’s challenge
RajyaVardhan Rathore vs Krishna Poonia
The former Olympians face off in Jaipur Rural
Sonia Gandhi addresses the 'Peoples’ Agenda- Jan Sarokar 2019' at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi on Saturday, April 6, 2019. (PTI)
Sonia Gandhi
The Congress matriarch, seeking her fifth mandate from Rae Bareli, takes on the BJP’s Dinesh Pratap, a former Congressman
Union home minister Rajnath Singh at a rally in Chatra. Telegraph picture
Rajnath Singh
The Union home minister is seeking re-election from Lucknow, a seat his party has held since 1991. Up against him is Poonam Sinha, the wife of actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha
Jayant Sinha
The junior Union minister for civil aviation is up for re-election from Hazaribagh, which used to be his father Yashwant Sinha’s seat
