Modi files nomination in Varanasi

Bharatiya Janata Party leader, frontrunner for the post of prime minister, yesterday joined the race for Lok Sabha, filing his nominations for the parliamentary seat in the Hindu holy town of Varanasi  at the district collector's office.
Earlier, thousands of BJP workers and supporters, wearing saffron caps and Modi masks, swarmed the roads of Varanasi as an open truck, draped in BJP flag colours, carrying Modi travelled along the two two kilometre route of the roadshow that began at the campus of Banaras Hindu University   
Modi's chief challengers in Varanasi constituency election is Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal, who filed his nomination on Wednesday, and Ajai Rai of Congress.
Modi is also contesting for Vadodara parliamentary seat in his home state of Gujarat where he is chief minister.
While filing his nomination, Kejriwal had attacked both Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for spending huge amounts for their campaign and declared himself as a “fakir” with just Rs 500 in his pocket. But a mandatory affidavit filed by Kejriwal along with nomination papers presents an altogether different picture. According to it, he and his wife Sunita, a government employee, own properties worth nearly two crore.