Lok Sabha Election 2024: Who Were The Proposers For PM Modi’s Varanasi Nomination

Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh):: 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, filing his nomination from Varanasi today, appeared at the Election Commission’s office with four proposers. The video was widely circulated on social media and became the talking point of the day.

The proposers included Pandit Ganeshwar Shastri, who had decided the “mahurat” of the Ram Temple consecration and “bhoomi pujan”; Baijnath Patel, a member of Other Backward Classes and a dedicated worker of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS, the ideological mentor of the BJP; Lalchand Kushwaha, another member of the OBC community and Sanjay Sonkar, BJP worker and a member of the Dalit community.All four are residents of the city.

The messaging of inclusivity was not missed, with many on social media commenting on it.

A group of the party’s seniormost leaders also accompanied the Prime Minister, who is seeking mandate for the third time from  Varanasi. Among them were BJP chief JP Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP state president Bhupendra Chaudhary. The list of Chief Ministers included Yogi Adityanath, Pushkar Singh Dhami, and Mohan Yadav.

There were a group of NDA leaders as well, including Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad Sangma, NCP leader Praful Patel, Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu.

“Filed my nomination papers as a candidate for the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat. It is an honour to serve the people of this historic seat. With the blessings of the people, there have been remarkable achievements over the last decade. This pace of work will get even faster in the times to come,” PM Modi later posted on X, formerly Twitter.