Varanasi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday changed its Varanasi South candidate Neelkanth Tiwari to Sham Dev Rai Chaudhary.
Sham Dev Rai Chaudhary was a dedicated and popular senior leader of the BJP. Seven time sitting MLA from Varanasi South seat, Shamdev had begun his political career in 1967.
BJP is fielding a young face of Sham Dev Rai Chaudhary in his place.
Varanasi will contest elections in the seventh phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.
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