“Unity of NDA is its strength”: LJP chief Chirag Paswan

Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 14 (ANI): Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) National President Chirag Paswan cited the support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nomination filing as an example of the unity of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance and said that the unitedness of the party leaders will help it achieve its target in ongoing Lok Sabha elections.

Speaking to ANI, Chirag Paswan who is present in Varanasi for Prime Minister’s nomination filing said, “The unity of NDA is what is giving us benefits all over the country. Today, all the supporters of PM Modi are here in support of him during his nomination filing. Our strength is our unity.”

“This is what you do not see in the opposition. The INDI alliance lacks unity. This strength of unity is what will help us achieve our goal and target in the elections,” added Paswan.

Several leaders belonging to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are here in Varanasi to attend the nomination filing of Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde who is also accompanying the PM for the filing of nomination said “We are attending the nomination filing of PM Modi… It is a matter of pride for us as he is the most popular leader in the world…”

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said, “We are the world’s largest democracy. We are the mother of democracies. And our leader is filing his nomination form to be re-elected. And for the BJP and the NDA allies to come back with record numbers…

TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu said “It is a historic day, historic place. We are very happy to be associated with it. He brought stability and sustainability in the country for the last 10 years and now he is planning for Viksit Bharat 2047. NDA will cross 400 seats. We are very confident. It is clear that NDA is 100% sweeping (in Andhra Pradesh)”

PM Modi the sitting MP and BJP’s candidate will file his nomination papers from the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat for the 2024 general elections, from where he has secured wins with large margins for the past two consecutive terms.

PM Modi is seeking a third term and hoping for a record margin. Voting in Varanasi will be held on June 1 in the seventh and last phase of the Lok Sabha polls.

Varanasi is the stronghold of the Bharatiya Janata Party and PM Modi. He won the seat twice- the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

The Congress has pitted Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai against PM Modi in Varanasi. This is the third time Ajay Rai will face PM Modi in the Lok Sabha contest.

In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, PM Modi won the seat with over 6,74,664 votes and commanded a vote share of 63.6 per cent.

In 2014, PM Modi contested two Lok Sabha seats- from Gujarat’s Vadodara and Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi.