LIVE! Varanasi fears Modi will dump them if he wins from Vadodara

April 17, 2014 12:38

In Varanasi: The BJP has said that these elections are being fought on national issues and against the 10-year misrule of Congress-led UPA government at the Centre.

But people are wary of Narendra Modi, for they feel that if elected, he might leave Varanasi and retain the Vadodara seat in Gujarat, which would mean additional expenses and poll-time problems for this city.

Neither the BJP nor Modi has said anything so far about which seat would be retained if the Gujarat Chief Minister wins both.

BJP leader Nalin Kohli, who is camping in Varanasi for the polls, said, "These elections are being fought on 10-year misrule of the Congress-led UPA government and the issues of price rise, corruption, unemployment, economic decline, women's security and farmers' plight. "Modi and BJP are constantly talking about development and the agenda of development. Our manifesto clearly says that our aim is 'ek Bharat shreshtha Bharat' and our manifesto, as Modi himself says, is not a document but an agenda for development."

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