Lok Sabha elections 2024: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Tuesday file his nomination from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, seeking a third term from the constituency.

A day before filing his papers, PM Modi held an extravagant 6-km-long roadshow, promising to do a lot more for the city’s overall development if voted to power again.

“I am overwhelmed and emotional! I did not even realise how 10 years passed under the shade of your affection. I had said that Maa Ganga had called me. Aaj Maa Ganga ne mujhe god le liya hai (today Maa Ganga has adopted me),” he wrote on X.

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PM Modi was accompanied by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and BJP state president Chaudhary Bhupendra Singh. The whole stretch was reverberating with ‘Har Har Mahadev’ and ‘Jai Shree Ram’ chants as a huge crowd of supporters and residents flocked on either side of the road to cheer for the Prime Minister.

On Monday, PM Modi commenced 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.

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After the roadshow, the Prime Minister offered prayers at the Kashi Vishwanath Dham along with Yogi Adityanath and other BJP leaders.

On Tuesday, PM Modi will begin his day with a spiritual journey with a visit to Assi Ghat, where he will offer prayers to the River Ganga. The itinerary will then continue with a visit to the Kaal Bhairav Temple at 10 followed by the filing of nomination papers at 11:30 am. The Prime Minister will then speak at the Rudraksh Convention Center at 12.10 pm before leaving Varanasi at 1 pm.

PM Modi’s resounding victory in 2014, followed by an even more emphatic win in 2019, solidified Varanasi’s status as a BJP stronghold.

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In the 2014 elections, Varanasi witnessed a historic clash in 2014 when Modi, then BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, contested against AAP chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. PM Modi’s resounding victory, with a margin exceeding 3 lakh votes, solidified Varanasi’s position as a BJP stronghold, a legacy he aims to extend in the upcoming elections.

This year, the Congress has once again pitted Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai against PM Modi. This is the third time Rai will face PM Modi in the Lok Sabha contest. In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, PM Modi won the seat with over 6,74,664 votes and commanded a vote share of 63.6 per cent.

Voting in Varanasi will be held on June 1 in the seventh and last phase of the Lok Sabha polls.