"Grateful to the Party for giving me opportunity to contest the election from the holy city of Varanasi: Narendra Modi"
"An honour to contest from Varanasi: Narendra Modi"
"With blessings of Ganga Mata & Kashi Vishwanath, let us work towards success of Mission272+: Narendra Modi"

On the evening of Saturday 15th March 2014 the BJP declared the NDA’s PM candidate Shri Narendra Modi as the Party’s nominee from the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat.

After his name was announced, Shri Modi thanked the Party for giving him the opportunity to contest the elections and said that with the blessings of Ganga Mata and Kashi Vishwanath, Mission 272+ would become a reality. He Tweeted