Summary:
On March 15 at a rally at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, Chandrashekhar had announced to contest Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi, which is currently represented by Modi. However, policemen foiled their bid and took two of protesters into custody.Ravan had been given permission by the district administration to hold his road show between 11am and 4pm. Regarding probable candidate of their party, no office-bearer or leader from Congress or Samajwadi Party is ready to make any comment.The Varanasi parliamentary constituency had witnessed a high-voltage campaigning in 2014 when Delhi chief minister and AAP Arvind Kejriwal had contested against Modi. He said that he had been facing challenges since childhood but he would continue raising voice of youths of all cast and community.When his road show was passing through Nadesar area the UP College students union president Milind Singh and his supporters tried to show black flag to Ravan. The rally was organised to mark the 85th birth anniversary of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) founder late Kanshi Ram Chandrashekhar had made an announcement to contest from Varanasi two days after Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi had met him at a Meerut hospital on March 13 ahead of her Varanasi visit.Except for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which had announced that Modi will contest LS poll again from Varanasi, no other party has declared the name of their candidate..