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“Party high command had asked us to forward name of only those who apply for the ticket. As per the seat allocation of SP-BSP alliance, the Varanasi seat has gone to SP’s share. We received two applications and forwarded the same to the high command,” said Sharma, mentioning party workers are ready to campaign for any candidate decided by Congress. When TOI contacted SP’s city president Rajkumar Jaiswal, he said, “The district and city units have forwarded the name of former UP minister Surendra Patel to the high command from Varanasi. The party will take final decision on candidate in Varanasi after first phase of election on April 11.”Congress district chief Prajanath Sharma said that the preparations to contest Varanasi seat are in progress..