Lucknow: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh filed his nomination for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2019 from Lucknow parliamentary seat on Tuesday.
Prior to filing his nomination, Singh held a brief road show to the collector's office.
He also offered prayers at the city's revered Hanuman Setu temple.
Singh had contested from Lucknow parliamentary constituency for the first time in 2014 and registered an easy victory over the Congress candidate. Singh's nearest rival then was Ritu Bahuguna Joshi who is now in BJP and a minister in UP government.
Lucknow remains a prestigious constituency for BJP as it was once held by party patriarch and former prime minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Elections in Lucknow will be held in the fifth phase on May 6. The results will be announced on May 23.
Earlier in the day, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath also visited the Hanuman Setu temple and offered prayers. His visit came after a day after the Election Commission (EC) imposed a ban on him from campaigning for 72 hours, starting Tuesday morning.
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