Highlights: PM Modi files poll nomination from Varanasi in presence of top NDA leaders

Day after mega roadshow, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will file nominations from Varanasi for the Lok Sabha Elections today. In a show of strength, almost all major NDA leaders will be present during the nomination at Kachari. Yesterday, the PM held a 6-km-long roadshow from Lanka Gate on BHU to Dashashwamedh ghat. Soaring the political temperatures, Modi was joined by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and other senior BJP leaders in the temple town, on a day the Congress ended the speculation over Priyanka Gandhi Vadra contesting the polls against the prime minister by announcing Ajay Rai's candidature from Varanasi. Later, addressing a meeting here, Modi said while the last five years were about his government making sincere efforts, the next five will be about results.

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