Gujarat Chief Minister and BJP's PM candidate Narendra Modi flashes victory sign at a meeting with party MLAs in Gandhinagar. (PTI Pic)
, the man widely expected to be India's next prime minister, will divide his time over the next few days between Delhi and the two constituencies from where he is running for parliament - Vadodara in Gujarat and Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.
NDTV's exit poll shows Mr Modi's BJP and its allies getting a majority with 279 seats.
(Watch NDTV Exit Poll: 279 for BJP and Allies, Congress in Double Digits)When results for the elections are announced on Friday, Mr Modi, 64, will be in Gujarat. Sources in the BJP say they are planning a rally for him at 5 pm in Vadodara, 134 kms from the state capital of Gandhinagar. Another rally will then be held in Ahmedabad. (
Elections 2014: Track Live Updates)Before he leaves for Vadodara, Mr Modi is likely to stop by at his party headquarters in Gandhinagar and also visit his mother, Hiraben, 95.
On Saturday May 17, Mr Modi will fly to Delhi, where his party is planning to use his journey from the airport to the BJP headquarters as a victory procession. (
Elections 2014: Complete Coverage)Mr Modi will attend a meeting of the BJP's top leaders- its parliamentary board -where the discussion is likely to focus on government formation.
He will then fly to Varanasi, from where he ran for parliament against
Arvind Kejriwal, chief of the Aam Aadmi Party. Sources say Mr Modi will, that evening, perform a special prayer on the banks of the Ganga.
From Varanasi, he will return to either Delhi or Gujarat.
If Mr Modi wins both the elections he contested, he is expected to choose Varanasi as the constituency he will represent in Parliament.