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India votes: PM Modi files nomination papers in BJP stronghold Varanasi

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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is now officially in the race for a seat in the lower house of parliament. He filed his candidature from the city of Varanasi, where the vote will be held in less than three weeks. Varanasi is widely considered the cultural capital of Hinduism and a stronghold of Mr Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party. Ishan Garg reports.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is now officially in the race for a seat in the lower house of parliament. He filed his candidature from the city of Varanasi, where the vote will be held in less than three weeks. Varanasi is widely considered the cultural capital of Hinduism and a stronghold of Mr Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party. Ishan Garg reports.

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