Narendra Modi in Varanasi LIVE: Narendra Modi is vying for a third term from Varanasi, a seat he has won twice with large margins since he became PM.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi filed his nomination papers from the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat, a constituency where he has secured wins with larger margin for two consecutive terms.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is vying for a third term from Varanasi in Lok Sabha 2024 election.
In the 2019 polls, PM Modi won Varanasi with a significant margin, garnering over 6,74,664 votes and a vote share of 63.6 per cent. In 2014, Modi contested from Gujarat's Vadodara alongside Varanasi.
Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai is Modi's main opponent in Varanasi, making it the third time Rai is contesting against PM Modi in a Lok Sabha election.
Varanasi will go to polls in seventh and final phase of the election on June 1.