Varanasi: Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal will on today participate in a roadshow to woo the electorate of the ancient Hindu holy city. Kejriwal’s roadshow comes a day after Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s dramatic visit to the city on Thursday.
Kejriwal has been extensively campaigning in Varanasi for over 20 days, addressing corner meetings and reaching out to people. Party leaders Yogendra Yadav, Somnath Bharti, Manish Sisodia, Rakhi Birla, Anand Kumar, and Sanjay Singh are among those contributing to the poll effort.
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will visit Varanasi tomorrow to give a push to the prospects of his party’s candidate, Ajay Rai, in the prestigious May 12 election which is being watched with keen interest in the country and abroad.
Samajwadi Party candidate Kailash Chaurasia and Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Vijay Prakash Jaiswal are among those who have made the contest keener. Campaigning in Varanasi will end on May 10.
Bureau Report
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