Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel accompanied Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi in her road show in Varanasi on Wednesday evening to seek vote for party candidate Ajay Rai who is contesting from there against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
A large number of young party workers assembled for the road show, dancing to the drum beats.
The road show started with garlanding of the statue of Mahamana Madan Mohan Malaviya in front of Banaras Hindi University (BHU) and traversed through Assi, Sonarpura, Madanpura, Godaulia and culminated at Kashi Vishwanath temple.
Commenting on the absence of Modi from election campaign in Varanasi, Baghel in a tweet said “The person who had duped people in the name of Mother Ganges would have to pay heavy price for abstaining from here”.
Notable, polling for the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat is scheduled to be held on Sunday, May 19 and campaign for it is at the final stage as it is going to end in a couple of days.