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Business News/ Politics / Policy/  Narendra Modi to file nomination for Varanasi seat on 24 April
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Narendra Modi to file nomination for Varanasi seat on 24 April

In Varanasi Modi is pitted against Arvind Kejriwal of AAP, Ajay Rai of Congress and Kailash Chaurasia of Samajwadi Party

Narendra Modi is contesting from two seats. He had already filed his nomination for Vadodra seat in Gujarat on 9 April. Photo: AFPPremium
Narendra Modi is contesting from two seats. He had already filed his nomination for Vadodra seat in Gujarat on 9 April. Photo: AFP

Lucknow: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi would file his nomination papers for Varanasi Lok Sabha seat on 24 April, his close aide Amit Shah said on Saturday.

Modi would file his nomination on 25 April after which “the BJP wave would turn into a tsunami," Shah told reporters in Lucknow. Varanasi goes to poll in the final phase on 12 May.

The Gujarat chief minister is contesting from two seats. He had already filed his nomination for Vadodra seat in Gujarat on 9 April.

In Varanasi, 63-year-old Modi is pitted against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, Ajay Rai of Congress and Kailash Chaurasia of the Samajwadi Party. Rai is sitting MLA from Kolasla seat.

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Published: 19 Apr 2014, 04:30 PM IST
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