Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi, say TV channels.

BJP president Rajnath Singh will fight from Lucknow, while MM Joshi will contest from Kanpur. 

This was decided at a meeting of the BJP's Election Committee in Delhi on Saturday. 

Earlier, the Gujarat unit of the BJP had stated that Modi would definitely contest from a seat from the state.