Kejriwal to file nomination tomorrow
Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind
Kejriwal will file nomination tomorrow for the high-profile
electoral contest in this historic temple town in which the
former Delhi Chief Minister will face stiff challenge from
BJP's Prime Ministerial nominee Narendra Modi.
Last month, Kejriwal had announced that he will contest
from Varanasi Lok Sabha seat after BJP's decision to field
Modi from the city, considered one of the most prestigious
constituencies in politically crucial Uttar Pradesh.
45-year-old Kejriwal, who had led his fledging AAP to a
spectacular victory in the Delhi Assembly polls in December
last year, has been trying to replicate the successful Delhi
campaign model here by holding scores of road shows and corner
meetings across Varanasi.
Hundreds of AAP volunteers are also visiting door-to-door
to garner support from people in this holy city where BJP has
been running an aggressive campaign to consolidate its vote
bank.
In 2009 Lok Sabha election, senior BJP leader Murli
Manohar Joshi had won the seat defeating gangster-cum-
politician Mukhtar Ansari by a margin of 17,000 votes.
Quami Ekta Dal's Ansari, who is known to have a strong
support base among Muslims, has decided not to contest against
Modi from the seat "to avoid division of secular votes".
The four-time MLA from Mau is currently lodged in Agra
jail in BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai murder case.
Congress has fielded Ajay Rai,�a Varanasi local, who is
an MLA from Pindra assembly constituency. Samajwadi Party
candidate Kailash Chaurasiya is also a sitting MLA from nearby
Mirzapur.
Both Rai and Chaurasiya have already filed their
nominations.
The entry of Modi and Kejriwal has escalated the
political temperature in the battle turning it into one of the
most keenly watched contests in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
Exuding confidence of pulling off a surprise, the Aam
Aadmi�Party leader says people of Varanasi will stand behind
him and defeat the BJP strongman while the saffron party feels
Modi will not face any significant fight in the constituency.
The constituency has around 1.5 lakh Muslim voters and
Kejriwal has been trying hard to woo the community.
An AAP leader said Kejriwal will hold a road show before
filing his nomination tomorrow.
Polling in Varanasi would be held in the last phase of
Lok Sabha elections on May 12.
Modi will file nomination on May 24, the last day.
BSP has fielded Vijay Prakash Jaisawal while CPI(M) has
given ticket to veteran party worker Heera Lal Yadav.
Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress has given ticket to
Indira Tiwari.
Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind
Kejriwal will file nomination tomorrow for the high-profile
electoral contest in this historic temple town in which the
former Delhi Chief Minister will face stiff challenge from
BJP's Prime Ministerial nominee Narendra Modi.
Last month, Kejriwal had announced that he will contest
from Varanasi Lok Sabha seat after BJP's decision to field
Modi from the city, considered one of the most prestigious
constituencies in politically crucial Uttar Pradesh.
45-year-old Kejriwal, who had led his fledging AAP to a
spectacular victory in the Delhi Assembly polls in December
last year, has been trying to replicate the successful Delhi
campaign model here by holding scores of road shows and corner
meetings across Varanasi.
Hundreds of AAP volunteers are also visiting door-to-door
to garner support from people in this holy city where BJP has
been running an aggressive campaign to consolidate its vote
bank.
In 2009 Lok Sabha election, senior BJP leader Murli
Manohar Joshi had won the seat defeating gangster-cum-
politician Mukhtar Ansari by a margin of 17,000 votes.
Quami Ekta Dal's Ansari, who is known to have a strong
support base among Muslims, has decided not to contest against
Modi from the seat "to avoid division of secular votes".
The four-time MLA from Mau is currently lodged in Agra
jail in BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai murder case.
Congress has fielded Ajay Rai,�a Varanasi local, who is
an MLA from Pindra assembly constituency. Samajwadi Party
candidate Kailash Chaurasiya is also a sitting MLA from nearby
Mirzapur.
Both Rai and Chaurasiya have already filed their
nominations.
The entry of Modi and Kejriwal has escalated the
political temperature in the battle turning it into one of the
most keenly watched contests in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
Exuding confidence of pulling off a surprise, the Aam
Aadmi�Party leader says people of Varanasi will stand behind
him and defeat the BJP strongman while the saffron party feels
Modi will not face any significant fight in the constituency.
The constituency has around 1.5 lakh Muslim voters and
Kejriwal has been trying hard to woo the community.
An AAP leader said Kejriwal will hold a road show before
filing his nomination tomorrow.
Polling in Varanasi would be held in the last phase of
Lok Sabha elections on May 12.
Modi will file nomination on May 24, the last day.
BSP has fielded Vijay Prakash Jaisawal while CPI(M) has
given ticket to veteran party worker Heera Lal Yadav.
Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress has given ticket to
Indira Tiwari.
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