PM Modi files nomination from Varanasi Lok Sabha seat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 14, accompanied by National Democratic Alliance leaders, Chief Ministers of various NDA-ruled States, and Union Ministers, filed his nomination papers to contest the Lok Sabha election from Varanasi. all I can say is that it cannot be expressed in words!” Mr. Modi, contesting from Varanasi for the third time, said before filing his nomination in a post in Hindi on social media platform X. Lok Sabha Elections 2024 | Follow live updates from May 14 The whole day was full of symbolic gestures alluding to the specific characteristics of Varanasi or the choice of proposers for his nomination. pic.twitter.com/yciriVnWV9 — Narendra Modi May 14, 2024 Four proposers for Modi from Varanasi Among the four proposers of Mr. Modi’s nomination were Pandit Ganeshwar Shastri Dravid, who decided the muhurat or auspicious time for the consecration ceremony of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya and also the ground-breaking ceremony for the temple; Baijnath Patel, a long-time Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh functionary; and Lalchand Kushwaha and Sanjay Sonkar, both associated with the BJP. While Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was absent from the event citing ill health, BJP chief J.P. Nadda, Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Hardeep Singh Puri, Anupriya Patel and Ramdas Athawale were present, as were Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad Sangma, Nationalist Congress Party leader Praful Patel, Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu, Pattali Makkal Katchi leader Anbumani Ramadoss, and Jana Sena Party president Pawan Kalyan.