Grateful to party for giving opportunity to contest from Varanasi, tweets Modi

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Last Updated : Mar 16 2014 | 10:25 AM IST

Expressing gratitude over being fielded from Varanasi constituency, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi took to twitter and appealed to the party and the workers to work for party's success in the upcoming general elections.

"Grateful to the Party for giving me opportunity to contest the election from the holy city of Varanasi! An honour to contest from Varanasi," Modi tweeted late on Saturday.

"With blessings of Ganga Mata and Kashi Vishwanath, let us work towards success of Mission272+ and create a strong, vibrant and prosperous India," he further tweeted.

On Saturday, the BJP finalized constituencies for senior party leaders. The party has fielded Modi from Varanasi, which was earlier represented by senior leader Murli Manohar Joshi. The BJP has fielded Joshi from Kanpur, party chief Rajnath Singh from Lucknow and leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley from Amritsar.

The BJP has also fielded party general secretary Varun Gandhi from Sultanpur and Maneka Gandhi from Pilibhit.

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First Published: Mar 16 2014 | 10:12 AM IST

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