Lok Sabha elections 2024: BJP bigwigs camp in Kashi before Phase-7
Hindustan TimesPrime Minister Narendra Modi’s Varanasi constituency has had an array of Bharatiya Janata Party heavyweights making frequent visits for one final push for the crucial Lok Sabha seat, which is among the 13 going to the polls in Uttar Pradesh in the seventh and last phase of the general elections on June 1. With Poorvanchal going to the polls on June 1, the party has pushed key leaders to tackle particular segments in Varanasi with Union home minister Amit Shah conducting the entire electoral exercise, party president JP Nadda moving in and out of Varanasi and cabinet minister for women and child development Smriti Irani coming to the holy city on Wednesday to woo the women voters in the constituency, people familiar with the matter said. Read Here | Modi juggernaut vs INDIA bloc: Kashi poised for ‘tug of margin’ “Shah is likely to stay here till May 30,” a senior BJP leader familiar with the matter said. Talking about the situation on the ground, BJP worker Rajkumar Das said: “Grassroots workers like me are working with the goal of ‘abki baar 10 lakh paar’ for Modiji to ensure that he wins by a record margin of over 10 lakh votes.” Political analyst Professor Kaushal Kishore Mishra, former dean, faculty of social science at BHU, said the BJP’s entire exercise is aimed at making Modi win Varanasi with the highest number of votes.