A look at how 11 high-profile BJP MPs have begun delivering in their constituencies

May 8, 2014: After eight phases of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections are done and dusted, the BJP candidate for Varanasi – which will elect its Member of Parliament (MP) in the ninth and final phase on May 12 – storms into the holy city for a ‘Bharat Vijay’ rally. “I have come to you with one agenda and that is development. Except development, there is nothing on my agenda,” he thunders.

Voters – a little over 5.8 lakh of them – in a city that could do with dollops of development saw merit in such statements, and elected the man who was also BJP’s prime ministerial candidate by a convincing margin (runner up Arvind Kejriwal of Aam Aadmi Party could muster just under 2.1 lakh votes).

Almost a year later, a visit to the Assi Ghat in Varanasi will tell you that Narendra Modi has embarked on the process of delivery in a city where garbage and filth are constant companions. Cleaning up the ghats that lead up to the banks of the Ganga dovetails swimmingly with one of the prime minister’s flagship schemes, Swachh Bharat; and as the clean-up on Assi Ghat suggests, Varanasi is on its way to a long-drawn-out transformation.

Still in Uttar Pradesh, roughly 340 km away from Varanasi, it’s a contrasting tale of an MP who’s hitting the headlines for all the ugly reasons that have little bearing on his constituency, which is crying out for development – good roads, potable water, schools, parks et al. That’s the story of Sakshi Maharaj and Unnao.

ET Magazine travelled to nine more BJP-led constituencies to find out how their MPs have set in motion the mission of delivering on their promises.

Read on to find out how they’re faring:

PM Modi's promise of cleaning & beautifying Varanasi doesn't appear to be an empty one

Sakshi Maharaj, BJP MP from Unnao, is a relatively an unknown entity in his constituency

In Chandni Chowk, Harsh Vardhan is hemmed in by a clutch of AAP MLAs

Better roads, nutrition & relief for farmers: What people of Nandurbar want from BJP MP Heena Gavit

Poonam Mahajan, BJP MP from Mumbai North Central, has worked hard to be more accessible

Kanyakumari’s Christians await reassurance from BJP's Pon Radhakrishnan on issues affecting them

Six-time MP Ananth Kumar carries a huge burden of expectations from people of Bengaluru South

Lawlessness persists in Gurgaon even as BJP's Rao Inderjit Singh focuses on infrastructure creation

Focus on development: Why the mood is upbeat in BJP MP Babul Supriyo's constituency, Asansol

Jaipur Rural: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore's biggest challenge is to make potable water accessible to all

People of Ahmedabad East bet on PM Modi as Paresh Rawal vanishes from screen