Common candidate must to ensure Modi is checkmated in Varanasi: JD-U

Janata Dal United (JD-U) leader and general secretary K C Tyagi on Sunday, asked all the secular parties in Uttar Pradesh to unite and put up a common candidate from Varanasi, in order to ensure Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's defeat in the coming Lok Sabha polls.

"Since, Modi has become BJP's face to contest from Varanasi, I would strongly urge the secular parties like Samajwadi Party (SP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to forget about their political differences and instead join hands together to put up a united candidate from Varanasi against Modi in order to deny him any chances of coming to power in Delhi forever," Tyagi said.

On Saturday, the BJP finalized constituencies for senior party leaders including its prime ministerial candidate (Narendra Modi). The party has fielded Modi from Varanasi, which was earlier represented by senior leader Murli Manohar Joshi.