“PM Narendra Modi files nomination from Varanasi Lok Sabha seat for the third time”

Lok Sabha 24 : Varanasi – Prime Minister Narendra Modi filed his nomination from Varanasi Lok Sabha seat for the third time on Tuesday. Before filing his nomination, the Prime Minister offered prayers to Maa Ganga and Kashi Kotwal Kaal Bhairav. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was present with the Prime Minister throughout the program. 

The Prime Minister filed his nomination in the District Electoral Officer’s office at the Collectorate during Pushya Nakshatra. Earlier, on Monday, PM Modi offered prayers to Kashi Vishwanath. 

On the auspicious occasion of Ganga Saptami, the Prime Minister first performed Ganga puja at Dashashwamedh Ghat in the morning. K Venkat Raman Ghanpathy, a member of Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust, performed the Ganga puja. Others who accompanied in the Ganga puja included three priests from Tamil Nadu and one priest each from Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. 

The Prime Minister also went on a cruise from Dashashwamedh Ghat to Adi Keshav Ghat, then disembarked at Namo Ghat.

From Namo Ghat, the Prime Minister went directly to Kashi’s Kotwal Kaal Bhairav for darshan, puja, and aarti. Subsequently, he proceeded to the Collectorate. At the temple gate, CM Yogi presented the PM with angavastra, while the public showered flower petals on him. The entire temple and surrounding area echoed with the chants of ‘Har Har Mahadev.’

The four persons who proposed PM Modi’s name for nomination from Kashi Lok Sabha seat were: Ganeshwar Shastri Dravid, Baijnath Patel, Lalchand Kushwaha, and Sanjay Sonkar from the Dalit community. Ganeshwar Shastri had determined the time for the consecration ceremony of Lord Ram, while Baijnath Patel has been a party worker since the days of Jansangh.

Prominent among the dignitaries who attended the nomination filing ceremony of the PM at the Collectorate, included BJP’s National President Jagat Prakash Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, BJP State President Bhupendra Chaudhary, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, Union Ministers Ramdas Athawale, Hardeep Puri, Former CM Chandrababu Naidu, Prafull Patel, LJP Chief Chirag Paswan, Jitan Ram Manjhi, Upendra Kushwaha, UP NDA constituent Lok Dal president Jayant Choudhary, Apna Dal (S) Anupriya Patel, Sanjay Nishad of Nishad Party, Om Prakash Rajbhar of Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, Pashupati Paras, Anil Baluni, and others were present.