PM Modi to file LS nomination from Varanasi today, eyes third term

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to file his nomination from the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday for the Lok Sabha elections 2024 seeking a third term and hoping for a record margin reported news agency ANIVaranasi goes in for polling on June 1 in the seventh and last phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024He will begin his day by offering prayers at the Kal Bhairav temple reported ANIAuthorities have tightened security at the temple ahead of the Prime Ministers visit reported ANIBefore filing his nomination papers PM Modi will offer prayers at the Dashashwamedh Ghat on the banks of the Ganges He will also take a dip in the River Ganga boarding a cruise ship to Namo GhatSecurity has been strengthened outside the office of the District Magistrate in Varanasi ahead of PM Modis nominationAhead of the nomination the Bharatiya Janata Party said in a post in hindi on X that the temple town of Kashi is once again ready to send its servant PM Modi to the ParliamentI have neither come here nor has anyone sent me here Maa Ganga has called me This relationship between Kashi Kashi residents and the Chief Servant is one of development trust and affection Kashi is once again ready to send its beloved chief servant to the parliament by winning him with record votes BJP posted hellip pictwittercomWeTBJ7MncEmdash BJP BJP4India May 14 2024PM Modi also posted on X about his association with the city My relationship with my Kashi is amazing inseparable and incomparable all I can say is that it cannot be expressed in wordsPM Modi is the sitting MP and candidate from VaranasiVoting in Varanasi will be held on June 1 in the seventh and last phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024On Monday evening PM Modi held an extravagant roadshow in Varanasi on a fivekilometrestretch on Monday eveningPM Modi was accompanied by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and BJP state president Chaudhary Bhupendra Singh The whole stretch reverberated with Har Har Mahadev and Jai Shree Ram chants as a huge crowd of supporters and residents gathered on either side of the road to cheer the Prime Minister reported ANIThe Prime Minister started his roadshow by garlanding the statue of Mahamana Madan Mohan Malviya at the Singh Dwar of Kashi Hindu University at around 5 pm After more than two and a half hours the roadshow concluded at the Kashi Vishwanath Dham reported ANIAfter the roadshow the Prime Minister offered prayers at the Kashi Vishwanath Dham along with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and other BJP leadersVaranasi is the stronghold of the Bharatiya Janata Party and PM Modi He won the seat twice the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha electionsThe Congress has pitted Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai against PM Modi in Varanasi This is the third time Ajay Rai will face PM Modi in the Lok Sabha contestIn the 2019 Lok Sabha polls PM Modi won the seat with over 674664 votes and commanded a vote share of 636 per cent In 2014 PM Modi contested two Lok Sabha seats from Gujarats Vadodara and Uttar Pradeshs VaranasiWith inputs from ANI