LIVE! Now Aditya Thackeray denies fielding Sena candidate against Modi

March 21, 2014 11:30

Minutes after reports claimed that the Shiv Sena will field candidates in Varanasi and Lucknow, the BJP's oldest ally has quickly denied the "rumours".

Earlier reports had quoted Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut as telling a news agency that his party will announce Lok Sabha candidates on 20 seats in Uttar Pradesh, including Varanasi and Lucknow.

Notably, Varanasi is the most-talked about seat this election since BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is contesting from there. BJP president Rajnath Singh is contesting from Lucknow.

Shiv Sena's youth leader Aaditya Thackeray, however, took to microblogging website Twitter to quash the rumours.

This is what he tweeted: "Contrary to media twisted quotes, obv Shiv Sena isn't putting up candidates against Our PM candidate narendra modi ji n BJP's RajnathSingh ji". -- Zee News

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