Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a roadshow in Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency on Monday ahead of filing his nomination papers on May 14. Modi will also visit the Kashi Vishwanath temple.
"Varanasi is ready to welcome PM Narendra Modi tomorrow. The voters of Varanasi are ready to cast their vote and make PM Modi win the elections,” Union minister Mahendra Nath Pandey told news agency ANI. He expressed confidence that the prime minister will the seat for another term.
Pandey is BJP’s candidate from neighbouring Chandauli seat.
Dharmendra Singh, media head of Uttar Pradesh BJP, said party supporters in huge numbers are expected to join the prime minister’s roadshow on Monday.
"It is highly expected that supporters and prominent leaders of the NDA alliance will come to support PM Modi. 5-10 lakh supporters are expected to join PM Modi's roadshow in Kashi," he said.
Voting in Varanasi will be held on June 1 in the seventh phase. Modi won the seat twice in 2014 and 2019 and is eyeing a third term. The Congress has fielded state party chief Ajay Rai in Varanasi and it would be the third time Rai is facing Modi in Lok Sabha elections.