The_Showstopper
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Doh!
Just because its Varanasi it doesn't mean it has more religious people. By your logic Ayodhya/Faizabad should be a hardcore BJP Seat. No its not. BJP has won it only once in the last 4 elections. I can give you many other examples.
Here let me put my thoughts in short.
Modi is contesting from Varanasi because from here he can target his core supporters all over India. He is not contesting from here because its a Safe Seat.
And stop using statistics selectively (like since 90s). I can very well say Congis have equal chace here (since 2004). Apply some logic. I would consider a seat safe for BJP only if the party has won it by over 2 Lakhs vote and there is no anti BJP wave in the constituency. Varanasi is not a Safe seat from any angle.
Now if you expect him to contest from an 'UnSafe' seat like Srinagar I don't think he will oblige you
LOL mate, you keep saying logic logic but just wanted to make sure what are you looking out for logic or "MODIfied logic"?? Firstly Modi is no Joshi and people have high expectations with Modi, and since they have heard of "Modi's success stories" and now have blind fate in him, he had every chance of winning it based on his development stories. And speaking of 2009, Mukhtar was a BSP candidate which helped him consolidate both muslim and Dalit votes ultimately giving a scare to Joshi. And speaking of INC candidate Mishra, he was distant 4th in 2009, so that speaks volumes of Congress condition over there and moreover Congress doesn't have a strong contender over there...
