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PM Modi Files Nomination From Varanasi Lok Sabha Seat

News On Time Desk 14 May 2024

Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has filed his nomination from the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat today in Uttar Pradesh, a constituency where he has secured wins with a larger margin for two consecutive terms.

Before filing the papers, the PM offered prayers at Dashwamedh Ghat. PM Modi then took a cruise ride to the Namo Ghat and reached the Kaal Bhairav temple to offer his prayers. He was accompanied by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

Before the nominations PM Modi performed Ganga puja at the Dashashwamedh ghat. Also, he held an extravagant roadshow in Varanasi on a five-kilometre stretch on Monday evening.

The prime minister is seeking a third consecutive term from the seat that will go to polls on June 1 in the seventh and last phase of the general elections. He won the 2019 Lok Sabha elections securing 63.62 per cent votes with a margin of 674,664 votes by defeating Shalini Yadav of the Samajwadi Party.

Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai and Shyam Rangeela hailing from Aam Aadmi Party, a comedian known for mimicking Narendra Modi, will be contesting against the PM in the constituency this year.

Other than some independent candidates and regional parties, the Bahujan Samaj Party has fielded Ather Jamal Lari.