Top Congress leaders will deliberate on party losses at a meeting of the working committee slated on Saturday where party chief is speculated to make this move.

Top party leaders, including UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, are expected to attend the meeting.

Vadra, brother-in-law of Congress President Rahul Gandhi, was granted anticipatory bail by a trial court here on April 1.

According to the Election Commission website, Irani polled 4,68,514 votes while Gandhi secured 4,13,394 votes in Amethi.

PM Modi on Thursday led the BJP to a stunning victory in the Lok Sabha battle, with the ruling party itself set to win over 300 seats in a marked improvement over its 2014 showing that left the opposition dazed and demoralised.

This is a difficult hour for thousands of Congress party workers as PM Modi-led BJP has stormed to power decimating the Grand old Party in almost majority of India in elections 2019. Modi’s style, charisma and development pitch just uprooted all caste arithmetic as many Congress and Opposition leaders faced humiliating defeat. Rahul Gandhi’s defeat in Amethi is nothing but the last nail in an already bleeding party. For the party to regroup and rise, it needs to realise and accept the mistakes. Brand Modi has literally shattered all caste arithmetic and dynasty blocs.

With counting of votes reaching its last round in Kerala, the Congress and its United Democratic Front (UDF) were poised to grab 19 of the 20 seats, leaving only one seat to the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M).

Even as the counting was underway in all the seven seats till late evening, the BJP had secured more than 56 per cent of votes, more than the combined vote share of the Congress (22.4 per cent) and the AAP (18.4 per cent). 

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder on Thursday trashed criticism of the Congress president after the party's Lok Sabha defeat, saying he has worked closely with Rahul Gandhi and found him to be a "fine leader".

All the political prowess they inherited seems to have been rendered ineffective as sons of famous politician fathers headed towards a debacle in the 17th Lok Sabha elections. 

There is a long list of upsets in the Lok Sabha election 2019 sojourn, where prolific leaders have not lived up to their names. Off the top of our head is Congress chief Rahul Gandhi.

Union Minister Smriti Irani is leading in Amethi constituency against Congress President Rahul Gandhi. 

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, staring at the face of defeat in his family bastion Amethi and in India, has humbly accepted defeat. In a televised press conference on Thursday evening, he said he did not want to discuss the possible reasons of the defeat because "the people of India have already decided".

Rajasthan's chief minister Ashok Gehlot has acknowledged defeat in the Lok Sabha polls.

CPI's national secretary Atul Kumar Anjaan criticised Rahul Gandhi's decision, which he believes led to the downfall of opposition.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is set for a second consecutive term as the premier of the nation, has expressed gratitude towards the people for their support and faith.

Counting of votes in the Warangal constituency has begun.

Senior party leaders were conspicuous by their absence as the trends showed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead on 298 seats while the Congress was leading in 52 seats, as per the Election Commission website. Congress spokespersons present at the party headquarters were also keen to know the trends to firm up before giving their opinion.

Nizamabad Lok Sabha Constituency result: Counting of votes has begun in the Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency. K Kavitha has taken an early lead.

Counting has begun in the Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency.