Modi ahead of rivals in Varanasi, will bag 56% votes, reveals India Today Group-Cicero poll. According to the poll conducted by India Today Group and Cicero, Modis projected share of votes will place him far ahead of Ajay Rai of the Congress (15 per cent), Arvind Kejriwal of the Aam Aadmi Party (10 per cent), Kailash Nath Chaurasia of the Samajwadi Party (9 per cent) and Vijay Prakash Jaiswal of the Bahujan Samaj Party (7 per cent). When respondents were asked whether Modis decision to contest from Varanasi would benefit the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and other Hindi-speaking states, fifty-one per cent replied in the affirmative. Varanasi is a part of Uttar Pradeshs Poorvanchal belt, and the politics of the region has an influence on neighbouring Bihar, where six seats will go to the polls in the last phase on May 12.
Posted on: Fri, 09 May 2014 15:30:00 +0000
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