Modi files nomination from Varanasi after prayers to Goddess Ganga, Kaal Bhairav

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi filed his nomination from his parliamentary constituency Varanasi Tuesday in the presence of top Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and alliance partners...

Modi is aiming for a third consecutive victory from the seat in Uttar Pradesh which he won with6,74,664 votes or 63.6 percent of the total votes polled in 2019..

In 2014, Modi had defeated AAP leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by over three lakh votes in this seat...

Varanasi goes to the polls in the seventh and last phase of the ongoing general election on 1 June, when Modi will face off with Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai, among others...

The Prime Minister prayed to the goddess for the betterment of the people, for their unity, the priest said.. Modi also offered prayers to Baba Kaal Bhairav at the Kashi Kotwal temple before heading to the Varanasi Collectorate to file his papers...

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