Lucknow, May 14, 2024: After offering prayers Prime Minister Narendra Modi today filed his nomination from Varanasi Lok Sabha seat.
Modi offered prayers at the Dashashwamedh Ghat and the Kaal Bhairav temple, before proceeding to the collectorate to file his nomination in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and others.
Voting in Varanasi will take place in the seventh phase on June 1.
Modi has been elected from Varanasi for two previous occasions since 2014 and is certain for a hat trick this time.
The Prime Minister through a post on X said, “My relationship with my Kashi is amazing, inseparable and incomparable… all I can say is that it cannot be expressed in words!”
After an impressive roadshow yesterday Modi said, “The love and blessings that my family members of Kashi showered on me during the road show has become an unforgettable moment in my life.”
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