Team News Riveting
Varanasi, May 3
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will file the nomination papers on May 14 to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.
This will be the third time Prime Minister will be seeking mandate for the Lower House of Parliament from Varanasi. He contested for the first time in 2014 against Arvind Kejriwal and won the seat with a massive margin. Modi became MP from Varanasi for the first time in 2014.
The Prime Minister will visit his parliamentary constituency on May 13 to hold a massive roadshow. He will file his nomination papers on May 14. Prior to filing his nomination from Varanasi, the Prime Minister will also visit Ayodhya on May 5. He will offer prayers at the Ram Temple and hold a massive roadshow in the city.
This will be the Prime Minister’s first visit Ayodhya after performing ‘Pran Pratishtha’ — Ram Lalla’s consecration ceremony — on January 22.
In 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Narendra Modi contested from Varanasi for the first time against Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Arvind Kejriwal and won the contest by a margin of 3,71,784 votes.
In 2019 polls, PM Modi won the seat by a margin of 4,79,505 votes against SP’s Shalini Yadav and Congress’ Ajay Rai.
