Smriti Irani vs Rahul Gandhi: How they fare against each other

VITAL STATS - She was in India’s longest running TV show, he belongs to our longest running political dynasty.

FACE OFF - She was a finalist in the 1997 Femina Miss India pageant. Despite that dimpled smile, he’s single… and regularly makes the cut in hottest bachelor lists.

STATUS UPDATE - As BJP vice president, Smriti has been persuaded by the top brass to go head-to-head against the Gandhi scion at Amethi. “I’ll give him a good fight,” she says.

FUTURE PLANS - If BJP sweeps Election 2014, she has an assured cabinet berth. Rahul, meanwhile, is destined to run the Congress party, and perhaps the country too.