Saturday, April 26, 2014

Three Narendras in broil against Modi

Three Narendras in broil against Modi in Varanasi

Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, who is fighting from this historic city, is up against 77 candidates including three other Narendras.Besides Modi, Tulsi Shubramaniam Joshi has also filed nomination papers as a BJP nominee covering for the Gujarat Chief Minister which makes total number of candidates 79 in the Varanasi seat.While Narendra Nath Dubey Adig represents Jan Shakti Ekta Party, Narendra Bahadur Singh is contesting as Manav Kalyan Munch candidate. Another Independent contestant goes by his first name Narendra.About 39 independent candidates have filed their nomination papers. Out of them, some along with their family members have assets worth crores of rupees, according to their affidavits submitted to the Election Commission.While the Election Commission is yet to scrutinise the nomination papers, the current number of 79 candidates would mean that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) cannot be used in the constituency."EVMs can cater to a maximum of 64 candidates. In case the number of contesting candidates goes beyond 64 in any constituency, EVMs cannot be used in such a constituency. The conventional method of voting by means of ballot box and ballot paper will have to be adopted in such a constituency," the Uttar Pradesh Election Commission website has said.If traditional ballot paper voting procedure is used, then the poll results can be delayed in Varanasi. April 28 is the last day for withdrawal of nominations.In 1988 general elections, V P Singh became country's seventh prime minister after facing 17 candidates. In 1991, P V Narsimha Rao defeated 13 candidates against him and reached 7 Race Course Road. The former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee faced 58 candidates in 1996 from Lucknow, 13 in 1998 and 14 in 1999.



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