1st BJP list out; Modi fielded from Varanasi, Shah takes Advani's seat

March 21, 2019 19:46

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday declared that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will contest Lok Sabha polls from Varanasi, while party president Amit Shah will fight from Gandhinagar in place of party patriarch L K Advani.

Addressing a press conference, Union minister J P Nadda announced that Home Minister Rajnath Singh will contest from Lucknow, while Union minister Nitin Gadkari will contest from Nagpur.

"V K Singh to contest from Ghaziabad, Hema Malini from Mathura, Sakshi Maharaj from Unnao, and Smriti Irani from Amethi," Nadda said.

Nadda said 182 candidates will be declared today.

The announcement put to rest speculations on which seat Modi will contest from.

There were rumours that Modi may contest from Varanasi and another temple town -- Puri in Odisha. -- ANI/Agencies

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