Congress President Rahul Gandhi who was trailing behind BJP candidate and Union Minister Smriti Irani has now conceded defeat and congratulated Smriti Irani on historic win in Amethi. Earlier in the day, Congress president Rahul Gandhi was trailing at Amethi as Smriti Irani lead the trends by 19 thousand votes. As per the latest updates, Rahul Gandhi is trailing by 44,082 votes.

#SmritiIrani has won from #Amethi and I congratulate her, says #Congress President #RahulGandhi#LokSabhaElection2019 #Dangal2019 #IndianElections2019 #GeneralElection2019 #LokSabhaElectionResults #ElectionResults2019 #Verdict2019 #BJP pic.twitter.com/6ko2R2eBcL

— IANS Tweets (@ians_india) May 23, 2019

Earlier in the day, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi met Congress chief Rahul Gandhi at his residence as the trends showed that the party was doing badly in the Lok Sabha polls.