PM Modi plans two-day show of strength in Varanasi

BJP is planning a two-day show of strength by PM Modi in Varanasi on April 25 and 26, with him holding a roadshow in the city on the first day and filing his nomination from Varanasi the next day.

Modi is also focusing on Gujarat in a big way, and will hold five more rallies in Himatnagar, Surendranagar and Anand on April 17, Amreli on April 18 and Patan on April 21. He will again go to Ahmedabad on April 23 to cast his vote in the Gandhinagar seat from where Amit Shah is contesting.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi, meanwhile, may reach Varanasi just before or after Modi’s visit there, as part of her party’s ‘Nyay Yatra’ that began from Fatehpur Sikri, and launch a roadcum-river trip from Varanasi to Ballia in the eastern-most part of UP.