Telangana Farmers on the way to Varanasi to file nominations to highlight their demands
Talib khan / lokesh Goswami
New Delhi :– About 50 farmers from Nizamabad in Telangana have left for Varanasi to file nominations from the Lok Sabha constituency, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking re-election, in a bid to highlight their problems.
The farmers led by Ganga Reddy are planning to contest as independents to press their demand for remunerative price to turmeric and constitution of a turmeric board.
Earlier in the morning, PM Modi Filed his Nomination papers from Varanasi Lok Sabha Constituency in presence of some prominent leaders of BJP.
Top leaders including Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, Ram Vilas Paswan, Tamil Nadu Deputy CM O Panneerselvam and others had reached the nomination-filing centre in Varanasi ahead of PM Modi’s arrival. Uddhav Thackeray was also present.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had won the Lok Sabha seat of Varanasi with a massive margin of 3.37 lakh votes in 2014 Lok Sabha Election and is seeking a re election this time.
Varanasi will go to the polls in the last phase of elections on 19th May.
