He said that "it is a historic opportunity for the voters of this city to choose a government, the master key of which will be in the hands of the people of this temple town".
"On one side there is (BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra) Modi and on the other there is Congress which has a candidate backed by a person like Mukhtar Ansari (Quami Ekta Dal MLA lodged in jail in a murder case)," Jaitley said at a press conference here.
Criticising Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal, who is taking on Modi in Varanasi, Jaitley said Kejriwal's 49-day government in Delhi was a "governance disaster".
"Kejriwal didn't have the mandate to form the government but they still took the support of Congress... It was a betrayal of voters... And Delhi people faced the worst government," he said.
He said if Modi becomes the MP from Varanasi as well as the Prime Minister, then "weavers in the city will be provided with many facilities and equipped with the latest technology".
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