Prime Minister Modi Embarks on Electrifying Roadshow in Varanasi

PM Modi held a 6 km roadshow in Varanasi before filing his nomination papers. He garlanded Madan Mohan Malviya's statue at Malviya Chauraha, accompanied by CM Yogi Adityanath. Sources reveal plans for a Ganga dip. Modi, seeking a third term, will contest from Varanasi, which votes in the last phase on June 1. The roadshow, led by 5,000 saffron-clad women, will end at Kashi Vishwanath Dham, passing through several key areas.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a six-kilometre-long roadshow in Varanasi on Monday, a day before he is scheduled to file his nomination papers from the Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh.

Modi garlanded a statue of noted educationist and social reformer Madan Mohan Malviya at the Malviya Chauraha in the Lanka area here before beginning the roadshow.

He was accompanied by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

According to sources in the BJP, Modi will also take a dip in the Ganga.

The prime minister is seeking a third consecutive term from the seat that will go to polls on June 1 in the seventh and last phase of the Lok Sabha election.

More than 5,000 'matrashaktis' (women) in saffron attire are walking in the roadshow ahead of the vehicle carrying Modi.

The roadshow will be held till Kashi Vishwanath Dham. It will pass through Sant Ravidas Gate, Assi, Shivala, Sonarpura, Jangambadi and Godaulia.