Ajai Rai

Prime Minister Narendra Modi might represent Varanasi in parliament, but he is mostly missing from the constituency and is not in touch with the locals, Ajai Rai, the Congress candidate and its state unit chief in Uttar Pradesh, told NDTV today.

The Congress on Saturday rejigged its Uttar Pradesh unit, appointing 16 vice presidents, 38 general secretaries and 30 secretaries.

Union Minister Arun Jaitley issued a scathing takedown of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra after the Congress ended speculation about her candidature from Varanasi, fielding its 2014 candidate Ajai Rai against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A clerics' body in Varanasi has controversially extended support to one of the candidates after the end of campaigning.

BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party have complained against Congress candidate Ajai Rai for turning up to vote with a party symbol badge pinned to his kurta.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi might represent Varanasi in parliament, but he is mostly missing from the constituency and is not in touch with the locals, Ajai Rai, the Congress candidate and its state unit chief in Uttar Pradesh, told NDTV today.

The Congress on Saturday rejigged its Uttar Pradesh unit, appointing 16 vice presidents, 38 general secretaries and 30 secretaries.

Union Minister Arun Jaitley issued a scathing takedown of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra after the Congress ended speculation about her candidature from Varanasi, fielding its 2014 candidate Ajai Rai against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A clerics' body in Varanasi has controversially extended support to one of the candidates after the end of campaigning.

BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party have complained against Congress candidate Ajai Rai for turning up to vote with a party symbol badge pinned to his kurta.