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| UP Elections 2017: PM Narendra Modi |
| UP Elections 2017: PM Narendra Modi's Varanasi Is Ground Zero In Final Push For State
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| INDIA
, 1-March-2017
5:8:33 AM |
| It is destination Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as parties gear up for the last two rounds of polling in the marathon Uttar Pradesh assembly election. The elections are now in the eastern part of the massive state and polling will be held for 89 seats in 14 districts on March 4 and 8.
Over the next few days, political parties plan to carpet bomb Varanasi and adjoining areas and Saturday, March 4, will be a logistics nightmare for the local administration. PM Modi will campaign that day in his constituency while another part of UP votes, as will the Akhilesh Yadav-Rahul Gandhi team and Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati.
The BJP, which hopes to replicate its sweep of UP in the 2014 national elections, has moved its entire brass to eastern UP, where it has been forced to counter a rebellion by supporters of powerful local leader and priest Yogi Adityanath. They are upset that he has not been named the party's presumptive chief minister. The UP elections are seen as a bellwether for the next general elections in 2019.
PM Modi may turn his constituency into an operational base from March 3, sources said. Already camped in the region are union minister Rajnath Singh, BJP chief Amit Shah and other top central ministers. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will pass through on Sunday, on his way to Nepal for a meeting.
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