Sources from Ahmedabad stated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi may contest from the high-profile Vadodara Lok Sabha constituency again. Earlier the prime minister had won the 2014 elections from Vadodara, but chose to retain Varanasi Lok Sabha seat. Meanwhile his battle from the eastern UP city is almost finalized and there hasn't been any word on the Gujarat seat.
Reportedly BJP leader Pankaj Desai, who is also party's observer for Vadodara seat, hinted that PM Modi may consider fulfilling the "popular demand". Presently political observers believe that the Gujarat seat is one of the safest for BJP. Previously in 2014, the then chief minister Narendra Modi contested from the seat as the party's prime ministerial candidate, defeating Congress's Madhusudan Mistry by a margin of over 5.70 lakh votes and had fought on two seats Vadodara and Varansi and won both seats.
Moreover this year, the grand old party has announced Prashant Patel's candidature from Vadodara seat, while an official announcement on Modi's seat is awaited. Desai said "We wish that our PM contests from Vadodara and the party workers here will work hard to ensure his victory with a huge margin". Further when asked which seat PM would vacate this time, Desai said it's for party chief Amit Shah and PM Modi to decide.
