Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday filed nomination to fight the Lok Sabha polls from Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency from where he won the 2014 general elections.
Varanasi, earlier known as Banaras, will vote in the last phase of the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections on May 19.
Almost all prominent leaders of the BJP, as well as members of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and North-East Democratic Alliance (NEDA), accompanied Modi.
BJP national president Amit Shah, Union Ministers-Nitin Gadkari, Rajnath Singh and Sushma Swaraj, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker and AIADMK leader Thambidurai, SAD chief Parkash Singh Badal, Lok Janshakti Party president Ram Vilas Pawan and other top leaders extended their support to Modi as he filed his nomination papers, reported news agency ANI.
Modi is seeking a second term in office from Varanasi, a parliamentary seat he won in 2014, defeating Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by a huge margin of 3.37 lakhs.
A day before filing nomination Modi on Thursday held a roadshow and performed Ganga aarti in Varanasi.
PM Modi listened to hymns performed on the bank of river Ganga and later performed Aarti at the ghat of the holy river.
The counting of votes will take place on May 23.
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