In the crucial Benaras election, locals are mystified about the Congress' choice of Ajay Rai. Meanwhile, the rooted Shalini Yadav takes on PM Modi as the gathbandhan's candidate.
Ajay Rai is the Congress' pick against BJP's Narendra Modi in Varanasi. In 2014, Rai got 75,000 votes versus Modi's 5.8 lakh. Rai spoke with Rohit E David on PM Modi now, the Varanasi roadshow and why Priyanka Gandhi didn't fight.
The worst that could have happened with Priyanka contesting against Modi is that she would have lost. But it would have conveyed Congress means business in UP.
The BJP will need to overcome the sheer arithmetical superiority of the grand alliance in more seats in Uttar Pradesh. And it will have to assuage allies who feel the party is a one-man show.
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