Chaiwala to propose Modi's candidature

April 08, 2014 11:57

Kiran Mahida, a tea vendor, would be among four people, who will sign chief minister Narendra Modi's Lok Sabha nomination papers as proposers on Wednesday.

Mahida has been a BJP worker for around 25 years.

The BJP had been working on every minute detail of filing the nomination and the massive show of strength on the day Modi arrives in the city to do so.

As part of the process, the party chose the names of four proposers to send out right signals both within the party and to the electorate. Read more

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