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.
Though this is a tough option, here's how the arithmetic could stack up.
It’s fitting for the Divine Bovine to be present where all the other VIPs were. But why was there no security cordon around her?
Ferrying products through waterways brings down the transportation costs significantly.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency can emerge as a growth centre of northern India.
2019 general elections are not far away.
Modi will really have to work hard in the last round of campaigning on March 4 and 5.
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