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India Election: The battle in Varanasi
Under India's election rules it’s possible to stand in more than one seat – and as his back up seat, the BJP leader Narendra Modi chose the city of Varanasi. As Owen Bennett Jones found out on a visit there, he selected one of Hinduism’s holiest cities for a reason.
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