PM Narendra Modi to contest from Varanasi for Lok Sabha 2019 polls: Sources

PM Narendra Modi will contest from Varanasi in Uttar Presh, say highly placed sources in party.

news comes after Congress inducted Priyanka Gandhi-Vra as General Secretary for Uttar Presh East.

BJP will also face coalition of Samajwi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Presh. 

PM Modi has carried out several developmental work for Varanasi. One of m is India's first multi-modal terminal on river Ganges which was inaugurated on vember 12 and received country's first container cargo transported on inland waterways from Kolkata. 

first consignment containing food and bever h set sail from Kolkata in last week of October 2018. 

RE | PM Modi Inaugurates India's First Multi-Modal Inland Waterways Hub In Varanasi

PM Narendra Modi during an interview to ANI's Editor Smita Prakash replied to a question on his plans for upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

PM Modi who h contested and won from two Lok Sabha seats during previous Lok Sabha elections in 2014, one from Varanasi and or from Vodara, was asked where he will be fighting 2019 polls from, and wher he will fight from Puri as well as Varanasi.

As per reports, PM Modi and BJP are keen to increase ir presence in Odisha. It has been speculated that PM Modi is likely to contest from Puri Odisha. 

PM Modi after being asked wher he will be fighting for Varanasi or w was Puri also an option for him responded cheekily, " Media persons also should get some work".

re have been speculations arising after PM Narendra Modi received invites to Odisha that he may choose to contest from Puri.

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