Modi to file nomination at 11:40 am: BJP sources
April 24, 2014  10:21
BJP sources say that Narendra Modi will be filing his nomination from Varanasi at 11:40 am.

A retired high court judge who is the grandson of noted educationist Madan Mohan Malaviya will be among four prominent personalities to Narendra Modi's nomination. 
 
A renowned singer from Benares, a weaver and a boatman will be among other proposers of Modi's candidature. 

Modi will be filing his nomination papers tomorrow, the last date of filing papers. Varanasi will go to polls on May 12, the last phase of polling.

Madan Mohan Malaviya's grandson Giridhar Malaviya, a retired judge of the Allahabad High Court, will be propose Modi's nomination. Madan Mohan Malaviya, a four-time former president of Indian National Congress, was also the founder of the Benares Hindu University, the largest residential university in Asia. 

Among the other Modi proposers are Padma Vibhushan winner Chhandu Lal Mishra, a noted classical singer of Benaras, boatman Virbhadra Nishad and Ashok, representing the dominant weaver community here, BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said
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